Internet trolls face up to two years in jail under new laws

BBC Article

Quadrupling the sentence to combat cyber-bullying?! My instinct tells me that this isn't right . It's an old school approach to a new school problem.

I also disagree with Mr Grayling's reasoning: 

"No-one would permit such venom in person, so there should be no place for it on social media" 

Calling someone a shit in real-life and a shit over an internet connection do not have the same gravity. He implies that that they do.

He assumes that the internet is only an extension of real life, when in reality it is a parallel world.

For the wants and needs that we cannot fulfill in our day to day lives, we turn to the internet to get our fix, to give our opinions and to contribute. Most importantly, we do it in privacy.  

That is exactly why the internet is a great place. 

And surprise, surprise, BBC still has no commenting section. 

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The BBC used to have a comment section.

It had a few problems, the first that comes to mind is that it was all managed by internal staff.

This is inefficient and a waste of licenses payer's money really.

There must be a better way of moderating discussion.

Now there isn't even a comment board.

It’s a bit ridiculous how the world’s largest broadcasting organisation by employees doesn’t allow the public to discuss their content.

Extra: moderation was either reactive or pre/post comment.