Re:U.S. Senators propose limiting liability shield for socia...
by prepend on Friday February 05, 2021 @03:28PM
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There are many threats from normal people to normal people that result in conviction. [0] I didn’t intend for my example to be representative for all.
If you report a death threat to the police and fbi it will be investigated. I think the problem is they have to be substantiated. If I just run around the town square saying “I’m going to kill you” that’s not actually a criminal death threat. So someone saying “#diaf” is not a death threat, it’s obnoxious but not a crime.
Fortunately murder rate is not correlated to internet death threats or we’d all be dead.
This doesn’t mean that platforms shouldn’t stop boorish behavior, but it’s not a crime and we probably don’t want the FBI investigating stuff that’s not a crime.
But when it is, when I think someone is going to kill me, I feel confident that I can call the law and they’ll do what they can.
If you report a death threat to the police and fbi it will be investigated. I think the problem is they have to be substantiated. If I just run around the town square saying “I’m going to kill you” that’s not actually a criminal death threat. So someone saying “#diaf” is not a death threat, it’s obnoxious but not a crime.
Fortunately murder rate is not correlated to internet death threats or we’d all be dead.
This doesn’t mean that platforms shouldn’t stop boorish behavior, but it’s not a crime and we probably don’t want the FBI investigating stuff that’s not a crime.
But when it is, when I think someone is going to kill me, I feel confident that I can call the law and they’ll do what they can.
[0] https://elkodaily.com/news/local/man-arrested-for-online-dea...