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Old 29-11-2020, 17:19   #796
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

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China's the workshop of the World. They make everything from Apple and Huawei downwards, not just bargain basement goods.
Yes l know that Andrew as l was just putting a certain point across in my reply.
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Old 02-12-2020, 20:33   #797
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

A new 'Digital Markets Unit' is to be created:

https://www.lexology.com/library/det...9-9462339db684

According to today's 'The Media Show', they will be working with Ofcom when they start regulating the internet in the UK:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000py9l
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Old 02-12-2020, 21:24   #798
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

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A new 'Digital Markets Unit' is to be created:

https://www.lexology.com/library/det...9-9462339db684

According to today's 'The Media Show', they will be working with Ofcom when they start regulating the internet in the UK:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000py9l
Good luck with that.
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

I guess they havent quite grasped the concept of proxy servers and VPNs yet.
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

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I guess they havent quite grasped the concept of proxy servers and VPNs yet.

Exactly.
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

It's emerged that facebook petitioned for exemption from being responsible for hate speech & hate crime on it's site last year:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crim...RcPqWwdP3QyQKw
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

Hardly an earth shattering revelation.

Posters are responsible for what they post, not the site/software they use.
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Hardly an earth shattering revelation.

Posters are responsible for what they post, not the site/software they use.
This new bill puts a lot more responsibility onto the sites themselves, though it is proposed to allow them various defences.
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

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This new bill puts a lot more responsibility onto the sites themselves, though it is proposed to allow them various defences.
Devised by clueless idiots who have no idea how the internet and sites work.
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

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Devised by clueless idiots who have no idea how the internet and sites work.
There is a sanction of blocking sites (amongst others) that don't comply with UK rules; they must be able to do this as some countries do this to block western sites.

I suppose people could use a VPN to get round this, but how many would go to the trouble & expense? They may also face personal sanctions for accessing proscribed sites and the free VPN providers are said to be dodgy.

So, whilst people could risk doing it, I think that it would seriously damage the viability of a website. Trump threatened to block tik toc in the USA unless it was sold to an American company.
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

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There is a sanction of blocking sites (amongst others) that don't comply with UK rules; they must be able to do this as some countries do this to block western sites.

I suppose people could use a VPN to get round this, but how many would go to the trouble & expense? They may also face personal sanctions for accessing proscribed sites and the free VPN providers are said to be dodgy.

So, whilst people could risk doing it, I think that it would seriously damage the viability of a website. Trump threatened to block tik toc in the USA unless it was sold to an American company.
There are plenty of free VPN's that are not dodgy, even Opera has a built in VPN that is only one click to use. If you have to install a VPN all you do is run the software they provide, definitely not rocket science. I use a VPN for all sorts of reasons when i need to. A simple google search will give anyone after a VPN all the info they need.
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Devised by clueless idiots who have no idea how the internet and sites work.
Supported by the same.
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There are plenty of free VPN's that are not dodgy, even Opera has a built in VPN that is only one click to use. If you have to install a VPN all you do is run the software they provide, definitely not rocket science. I use a VPN for all sorts of reasons when i need to. A simple google search will give anyone after a VPN all the info they need.
I was going by reports such as this that say that you effectively pay for all VPN's, either with your money or your data:

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/best-fre...ey-dont-exist/

People can use them for privacy/security, but whose to say that the VPN provider is trustworthy even if it's a paid for service? Do VPN's check for illegal material and go on to report it?? I don't mean for things like pirated films, but terrorism, illegal porn etc.

Having said that, I would be more inclined to trust something like Opera.
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Which VPN do you use Pip?
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Which VPN do you use Pip?
Ive used several different ones over the past few years, currently using Windscribe.
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