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There are all sorts of different ways that websites that allow comments have dealt with trollish behavior over the years, but I think the BBC's new policy is the first I've seen in which the organization threatens that it may contact your boss or your school (found via Frank Fisher).
The new policy has a short section on "offensive or inappropriate content on BBC websites" where it says the following:
Offensive or inappropriate content on BBC websites
If you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content anywhere on or to BBC websites or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on any BBC service, the BBC may use your personal information to stop such behaviour.
Where the BBC reasonably believes that you are or may be in breach of any applicable laws (e.g. because content you have posted may be defamatory), the BBC may use your personal information to inform relevant third parties such as your employer, school email/internet provider or law enforcement agencies about the content and your behaviour.
To be fair, it does seem to limit this to cases where it believes you've violated the law, but even so, it seems like a stretch to argue that the BBC should be calling your boss to tell on you for being a [troll], even if you break the law.
Source: TechDirt
(Score: 4, Insightful) by kaszz on Friday May 19 2017, @04:58AM (2 children)
Just as I thought communist Soviet DDR crimes against thinking the wrong way was out of fashion. It's all part of punishing people for having the wrong opinion. And proof that organizations can't be trusted with "real names". Those that have weak arguments for their case always need to know "who you are" and then it just happens by pure chance that they loose their job, social network, money and maybe freedom.
People, recognize this shit and return it back to where it belongs. The scrap heap of human history.
Now some people will say.. we can always get you through your ISP. Well, there's a cure for that too.
(Score: 2) by marcello_dl on Saturday May 20 2017, @09:52AM (1 child)
After 1989 stasi came to this side.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Saturday May 20 2017, @02:10PM
Almost like operation paper clip infected the US with Nazi ideology. The fall of Soviet infected the west with Stasi thinking. Obviously there's a need to remove this.