The BBC has revealed it will use people “personal information” to “stop” them being “disruptive” or “offensive” online, as well as threatening to inform users employer if they are perceived to have broken the law.
The UK’s public prosecutor has demanded social media users who post “photoshopped” images and memes should face jail, as well as those who incite “virtual mobs” because they are “opposed to that person’s opinions”.
UK police are investigating a number of messages on social media criticising plans to turn a huge former care home into accommodation for ‘asylum seekers’, warning user they could face ‘jail’ if they ‘offend’ people.
A politically incorrect Twitter user has been “harassed” by an official London police account, which allegedly stalked his social media presence and/or police databases to identify his family members by name and threaten on the social media site.
The Anti-Defamation League is pushing back against social media backlash in response to Cristiano Ronaldo’s appearance in an Israeli cable TV commercial. The ADL sent out the following Tweet in response to a Breitbart Jerusalem article posted on Twitter by the news
TEL AVIV (AFP) – A new Israeli app launched by a company with investors including Will.I.Am and Nicki Minaj has been accused of encouraging teen bullying and Internet trolls. The Blindspot app allows users to send anonymous messages, photos and videos
