The Age of the Mob is Coming
The age of the mob is coming. We are in danger of entering a period of history where the angry mob will have real political and legal power, backed by the police and the courts. And the mob is...
View ArticleAmanda Todd – the Hateful Power of Cyber Bullying
Canadian teenager Amanda Todd is a salutary lesson in the darker side of social media. Following a sustained campaign of bullying and harassment online, and at her various schools, the 15 year old took...
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The Amazing Screen Resolution of the iPhone 5
My goodness, but the screen resolution of the iPhone 5 is quite something to behold. I took a couple screen shots of Twitter to show how good it really is. Even the tiny text, like the date and time is...
View ArticleMan arrested after image of burning poppy posted online
The this is Kent website reports today: “POLICE have tonight arrested an Aylesham man after a picture of a burning poppy was posted online. Kent Police say the man has been held on the evening of...
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That Burning Poppy Facebook post in Full
Thanks to LiberalConspiracy.org and the @Kent_999s twitter feed, We now have a screengrab of the Facebook Post which led to the arrest: Follow the story on Twitter on #Poppycock Kent police are...
View ArticlePoppy Facebook Poster Bailed
Thanks to the ever dogged and diligent @flayman, we can now report that the 19 year old man arrested by police for posting an image of a burning poppy to his Facebook account has now been bailed by...
View ArticleDPP Interim Guidelines on Prosecuting Social Media
The DPP “Interim guidelines on prosecuting cases involving communications sent via social media” were published yesterday. The guidance within seems to be, on first read, reasonable and sensible....
View ArticleFinal guidelines on prosecuting cases involving communications sent via...
Today the DPP Kier Starmer, shortly before his exit from the job, has now published the final version of the guidelines on prosecuting cases involving communications sent via social media. On first...
View ArticleDeyka Ayan Hassan: The UK justice system serves the far right once again.
Deyka Ayan Hassan seems to have the worst comic timing imaginable. Just minutes after news broke of the beheading of a man in Woolwich, she posted a tweet: “To be honest, if you wear a Help for Heroes...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Internet Troll
Claire Hardaker has written in today’s Guardian about her work on understanding internet trolls. She is not alone in her work. Acadamic Earth got in touch with me recently to tell me about a helpful...
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Twitter and Report Abuse Buttons – Pitfalls and Solutions
Following the unpleasant trolling & abuse directed at Caroline Criado-Perez in the past few days, there has been much talk of how Twitter deals with abusive posts. An online petition has been...
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Bomb threats sent to female journalists
Police are currently investigating bomb threats sent to several prominent female journalists. Hadley Freeman of the Guardian, Grace Dent, a columnist for the Independent, Catherine Mayer, Europe editor...
View ArticleOn stopping the sexualised abuse sent to women.
Well, this all seems like a bit of a no-brainer really doesn’t it? If a Twitter user sends a rape “joke” to a woman, that’s deliberately offensive and can be incredibly hurtful. Such users should be...
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Police charge 2 with section 127 offences over tweets to Caroline Criado-Perez
The news has just broken that CPS have charged Isabella Sorley, 23, from Newcastle, and John Nimmo, 25, from South Shields with an offence under Section 127 of The Communications Act 2003 over tweets...
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Sorely and Nimmo imprisoned over abusive tweets
Isabella Sorely and John Nimmo have been sentenced to custodial sentences today under section 127 of the communications act in relation to abusive/threatening tweets sent to Caroline Criado-Perez and...
View ArticleCaroline Criado-Perez statement on today’s sentencing
Caroline Criado Perez has issued a statement on Twitter with regards to today’s sentencing of Isabella Sorely and John Nimmo: Statement on the twitter sentencing today: It’s hard to get my thoughts...
View ArticleTeenager arrested over sick joke about Glasgow bin lorry crash
Chortle is reporting that a 19 year old man has been arrested by Sunderland police after handing himself in following complaints regarding a joke posted to his Twitter account: “So a bin lorry has...
View ArticleTeenager arrested for posting video of himself burning a Quran
Below is one of the most difficult blogs which I have ever written. Once of the worst aspects of defending the online right to freedom of expression is that one often finds oneself defending people...
View ArticleOn censoring offence to the sacred: Monty Python’s The Life of Brian
A worthwhile debate on religious censorship. More relevant today than it ever was.
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