Kevin John Emery of Llantwit Fardre, near Pontypridd, who was 53 at the time, admitted harassment via an Internet website and in text messages.
The prosecution informed the Court that Emery had posted a series of “offensive” messages about McGuinness, resulting in the Court fining Emery £165 and ordering him to pay £100 court costs.
Speaking after the trial Emery said the Court misunderstood the situation, and the use of the term,”messageboard,” was inaccurate, “There were no message board messages per se, but a glitch in wordpress where drafts saved were published without my knowledge,” he said, “These were deleted immediately I became aware, and were not intended to be offensive, just state the facts for my own reference.”
Emery was also subjected to a restraining order under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 preventing him from mentioning McGuinness directly or by implication on any website, and barring Emery from contacting McGuinness by any means. The case highlighted the problem of lack of awareness of technology in the judiciary and the perceived misuse of such information asymmetry by law enforcement officials. No complaint was reported as being made to the Independent Police Complaints Commission following the trial.
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To add someone here under the heading of encyclopedia of Trollers is blatantly wrong and grossly unfair.
Do the right thing and remove everyone who is not a troll in the true sense of the word as most right minded people see it.
My example: Sean Duffy, 25, targeted Facebook tribute pages and posted videos on YouTube taunting the dead and their families.
My definition: Internet poster who takes oppositional views to any advocacy site, regardless of the actual strength of his chosen position, for the pure purpose of stirring up debates.
Although the Harassment Act was designed to protect people from stalkers, in recent years the act has been widely criticised as being a weapon for corporations against peaceful protesters to stifle free speech and legitimate protest.
These injunctions can be granted not just against an individual or a specified group but also against anyone with notice of the injunction.
The Act has been used to shut down protests against militarism and climate change. The Guardian columnist George Monbiot argues that it criminalises protest, claiming the legislation blurs the distinction between civil and criminal offences.
But the major problem with this site: Is it offers courses on Internet trolling? Which is rather odd when you consider the site has warnings to youngsters over Internet trolling.
A glitch in wordpress (meant) for some reason, it kept posting the article on my website every minute I was editing it, as if it was saving the draft but publishing it again and again as well.
Erica Johnson. March 2nd, 2012 at 2:07 am from WordPress said:
Thanks for reporting this! We’ve fixed the issue, sorry about that!