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Old 07-03-2019, 10:37   #640
RichardCoulter
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

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Originally Posted by techguyone View Post
That'll go down well with Teresa May & Co
Yep, the security services and the police aren't happy about private messages being encrypted. IMO, this will lead to online trolls thinking that they can get away with it.

I would think that, whilst it will make it more difficult, they would be able to circumvent the encryption eg if someone is suspected of plotting a terrorist act.

This mornings 'Crimewatch Roadshow' said that hate crimes had nearly doubled to 100,000 in the last five years. Sam Renke, a wheelchair user, told how she had received online comments such as 'It's not just uncomfortable, it's creepy', 'That thing isn't normal', 'Disgusting, freakish and awful', Ew, she is disabled' etc.

Professor Imran Awan, Government advisor on muslim hate crimes, talks about the impact of hate crimes on this community.

If anyone wants to watch it, episode 4 is about 36 minutes in and lasts for about four minutes:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ss27z

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