In research approved for publication in the International Review of Law, Computers and Technology, trolling expert Jonathan Bishop proposes the following framework for determining which laws to use for generic flame trolling offences where no dedicated law exists whereby if the same offence was committed offline it could be prosecuted under other laws. This research paper introduces the concept of ‘Trolling Magnitude‘ for rating flame trolling messages, in order to pit-point the severity of a posting. The scale runs from 1 to 4, with 1 representing a message where little planning and effort went into it, up to 4 where a significant amount of planning and effort went into the posting.
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Trolling Magnitude |
Trolling type |
Severity |
Criminal penalty |
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1 Cyber-bantering |
Playtime (In the moment and quickly regret) |
Minor |
Fixed penalty notice £75 |
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Major |
Fixed Penalty Notice £150 |
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2 Cyber-trickery |
Tactical (In the moment but don’t regret and continue) |
Minor |
Common law detention for breach of |
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Major |
ASBO under |
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3 Cyber-bullying |
Strategic (Go out of way to cause problems, |
Minor |
Harassment warning under the |
|
Major |
Custodial sentences of no more than Public Order Act or 18 weeks under the Malicious Communications Act. |
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4 Cyber-hickery |
Domination (Goes out of the way to create rich |
Minor |
Restraining order under s.5 of the |
|
Major |
Custodial sentence under s.127 of the |
Where do you get off telling people what the punishments should be for trolling? You don’t even understand what trolling is and the diffence between trolling and being a w*****r.
All you’ve done is pick up on a here today gone tomorrow media buzzword and appoint yourself the big I am about something you don’t even have a clue about.
Trolling isn’t illegal. It never has been and it will, I hope, never be because what you are talking about isn’t trolling. Stop believing the crap you read in the papers or have looked up on wikipedia (which is full of s**t anyway)and use a bit of that enormous scholorlay mind of your and check your f***ing facts.
Why don’t you stop pretending you know anything about trolling and at least have the honesty to change the title of your lamentable ‘institution’ to ‘The Crocels School Of Not Knowing What The F**k I’m Talking About’?
At least that would be honest.
Could you please point me to your credentials on the subject please? Mine are pre-eminent. You can read (I hope you can) my authoritative account of the changing meanings of the term trolling here.
The Trolling Academy was founded to correct the media presentation of trolling as something always immoral.
I also made a complaint to the BBC and PCC about the wrongful use of the term trolling by the media. The conclusions included that the use of the term has changed. One must change with the times and I have.
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