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Osem	22-03-2012 13:16

Twitter 'racist' spared jail

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A law student who sent a series of racist tweets to former Liverpool and England footballer Stan Collymore was spared jail yesterday

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/893852-t...stan-collymore

Pity that inciting murder and violent law breaking by similar means doesn't seem to be treated quite as seriously by the authorities.... :confused:

danielf

22-03-2012 13:18

Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail

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Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35403831)

Pity that inciting murder and violent law breaking by similar means doesn't seem to be treated quite as seriously by the authorities.... :confused:

Have you informed them?

Tim Deegan

22-03-2012 13:37

Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail

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Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35403831)

I wonder if they would take a different view on inciting rioting, murder, and terrorism? ;)

Osem	22-03-2012 13:43

Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail

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Originally Posted by danielf (Post 35403833)

Have you informed them?

If you're referring to a certain CF poster, have you?

If you're making a wider point, what difference does it make who I have or haven't reported? I don't inhabit dark places like the Twittersphere'...

danielf

22-03-2012 14:02

Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail

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Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35403843)

No, I haven't. I was just referring to the 'pity' comment. They may well treat it equally seriously, but they do need to be aware of possible transgressions.

Osem	22-03-2012 14:09

Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail

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Originally Posted by danielf (Post 35403860)

No, I haven't. I was just referring to the 'pity' comment. They may well treat it equally seriously, but they do need to be aware of possible transgressions.

Hence my use of the word 'seem' in the OP. ;)

No doubt we'll see how seriously they take such things in due course.

martyh

22-03-2012 19:19

Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail

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Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35403866)

Hence my use of the word 'seem' in the OP. ;)

No doubt we'll see how seriously they take such things in due course.

I don't use twitter but isn't there a "report Twit" feature......or even "report Tweet" ;)

Tim Deegan

23-03-2012 17:32

Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail

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Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35404018)

I don't use twitter but isn't there a "report Twit" feature......or even "report Tweet" ;)

It appears that the only thing you can report tweets for is spam.

martyh

23-03-2012 17:37

Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail

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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan (Post 35404512)

It appears that the only thing you can report tweets for is spam.

Seems a bit backward

Damien

23-03-2012 17:58

Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail

You report spam to Twitter, you report illegal content to the police. The reason this guy was caught was before the police became aware not because someone told Twitter.

Tim Deegan

23-03-2012 18:06

Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35404521)

You report spam to Twitter, you report illegal content to the police. The reason this guy was caught was before the police became aware not because someone told Twitter.

Yes I understand that. But I do think that twitter should also have a reporting system the same as Facebook do.

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