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Re:Nestle, Disney Pull YouTube Ads, Joining Furor Over Child... by minikites on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @04:55PM (#19212403)
Cooperate with the authorities to find and investigate people who post creepy comments? You already can't post bomb threats online without getting an investigation.
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Re:Nestle, Disney Pull YouTube Ads, Joining Furor Over Child... by stickfigure on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @05:07PM (#19212520)
Bomb threats are illegal. Creepy comments are not.

This may be an awkward position to take in public, but I'm not comfortable with the idea of criminalizing "creepy comments", especially on the internet.

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Re:Nestle, Disney Pull YouTube Ads, Joining Furor Over Child... by darkpuma on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @05:42PM (#19212826)
I once saw police notified because an employee was looking at gunbroker.com on a company computer. Looking at listings of guns for sale is not illegal, but it bothered the company enough that they called the police and a few questions were asked.
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Re:Nestle, Disney Pull YouTube Ads, Joining Furor Over Child... by minikites on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @05:10PM (#19212552)
Comments that cross the line into "grooming" are definitely on the continuum of child abuse, which is illegal.
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