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No new Twitter laws, please ? we've got trolls under control, say police
Summary: Senior police officers shrug off suggestions they need new legislation to deal with Twitter abuse, saying all it takes is a 'common sense' approach to trolling and existing powers
By Karen Friar | August 4, 2012 -- 13:24 GMT (06:24 PDT)
Police leaders have rebuffed calls for new laws to deal with Twitter trolling, after the arrest of a teenager for abusing British Olympic diver Tom Daley.
In general, police are happy using existing powers, according to Stuart Hyde, chief constable of Cumbria and head of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO).
While forces will take action if a victim's life is being made a misery by trolls, overally they will take a "common sense" approach to reports of Twitter abuse, he said.
"We do not want police officers dragged off the streets to deal with frivolous complaints," Hyde told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Saturday. "However, where those complaints are pretty serious and go beyond the law and breach the Data Communications Act... then it is quite right that we intervene, and we can do that," he said.
Complete story at:
http://www.zdnet.com...ice-7000002132/
Summary: Senior police officers shrug off suggestions they need new legislation to deal with Twitter abuse, saying all it takes is a 'common sense' approach to trolling and existing powers
By Karen Friar | August 4, 2012 -- 13:24 GMT (06:24 PDT)
Police leaders have rebuffed calls for new laws to deal with Twitter trolling, after the arrest of a teenager for abusing British Olympic diver Tom Daley.
In general, police are happy using existing powers, according to Stuart Hyde, chief constable of Cumbria and head of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO).
While forces will take action if a victim's life is being made a misery by trolls, overally they will take a "common sense" approach to reports of Twitter abuse, he said.
"We do not want police officers dragged off the streets to deal with frivolous complaints," Hyde told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Saturday. "However, where those complaints are pretty serious and go beyond the law and breach the Data Communications Act... then it is quite right that we intervene, and we can do that," he said.
Complete story at:
http://www.zdnet.com...ice-7000002132/
