In the U.S.? "True threats" are illegal, but that only covers threats that are reasonably believable.

> Or do you think the threat is less credible if given online?

Do you not?

I think the "true threat" is a good bar, though. It would stop things like the prosecution of a guy here in the UK that joked about blowing up an airport because his girlfriend's flight was delayed.

It's not happened to me, but yes I would think it less credible. However, I have a wife and daughter that might not.

That's not the point. The point is that it's a pandora box.

> That's not the point. The point is that it's a pandora box.

If it's a "box," then frankly, that box was opened long ago, long before the internet or computers.

`Censorship of hate speech on the internet` was opened long before the internet?

Censorship of hate speech through various mediums. Don't be pedantic.

I disagree. Banning threats like that would not have any negative consequences. If anything, it would encourage people to post more, as they no longer have to worry about dealing with that huge mountain of shit, which is incredibly demoralizing and discourages people from posting.