Twitter threat: Police demand social network tackles abuse by 'trolls'

Twitter rape threat to  female MPs: Police demand social network tackles abuse by 'trolls'

Internet trolls have issued rape and death threats against two woman MPs, it emerged last night.

Stella Creasy was told on Twitter she would be tracked down and raped, with the terrifying threat: Shall we meet near your house?

She was targeted because she had backed feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez who suffered similarly vile online messages.

The second MP, Claire Perry, received death threats relating to her fight against pornography on the internet. In other developments:

• A senior police chief said Twitter had not done enough to tackle trolls;
• More than 64,000 people called for the networking service to act against abuse;
• A man arrested over allegedly harassing Miss Criado-Perez was bailed;
• TV historian Mary Beard won a grovelling apology from a troll.

When Miss Creasy spoke out in support a Twitter user, calling himself @rapey1, threatened: I will rape you tomorrow at 9pm. Shall we meet near your house?

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There's no way to control it. So get use to it.

There's no way to control it. So get use to it.

The_Lipscomb

These people are soiling the good name of trolls everywhere. Trolling is meant to be done with a mischievous nature and if possible some humour even if no one else but the troll gets it. These people are just sick in the head and if there were a troll guild their membership would be revoked.

What dumb f*ck "trolls" someone by threatening to rape/kill them. Seriously those dudes have issues.

Twitter's always seemed to have this problem and it's led to some ridiculous things in the past like people being arrested for what they wrote on twitter. EJ902

It's called blocking.

True story.

Threatening to rape and murder someone is trolling now? huh...chaoscougar1

You must be new to the internet.

What dumb f*ck "trolls" someone by threatening to rape/kill them. Seriously those dudes have issues.

chessmaster1989

That's not even trolling either. It's just some nut with misogyny issues and a computer.

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]

What dumb f*ck "trolls" someone by threatening to rape/kill them. Seriously those dudes have issues.

Beagle050

That's not even trolling either. It's just some nut with misogyny issues and a computer.

"Someone said something mean to me on the internet, let's arrest them"

I don't understand why people can't just get off the damn thing, I know its not a popular view but cyber bullying is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. If someone is harrassing you on a social media site and you can't take it then turn off your computer and go about your life. It's easy for someone to talk crap behind a computer screen. If it bothers you either block them or just stop using it completely. 

It's called blocking.

 

True story.

Jebus213

Boom.

Either that or, just get the fvck off the internet cesspool known as twitter. Aint nobody got time for that.

I don't understand why people can't just get off the damn thing, I know its not a popular view but cyber bullying is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. If someone is harrassing you on a social media site and you can't take it then turn off your computer and go about your life. It's easy for someone to talk crap behind a computer screen. If it bothers you either block them or just stop using it completely. 

Chris_Williams

Seriously. Everyone who's ever been "cyber-bullied" needs to just delete their fvcking twitter accounts and stop being a slave to social media. Go live in the real world, and cope with the fact that nobody gives a shit about what you've doing all day, and you don't need to post your every move on the internet.

[QUOTE="EJ902"]Twitter's always seemed to have this problem and it's led to some ridiculous things in the past like people being arrested for what they wrote on twitter. MrGeezer

It's called blocking.

 

True story.

Jebus213

I don't understand why people can't just get off the damn thing, I know its not a popular view but cyber bullying is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. If someone is harrassing you on a social media site and you can't take it then turn off your computer and go about your life. It's easy for someone to talk crap behind a computer screen. If it bothers you either block them or just stop using it completely. 

Chris_Williams

Another attempt at making the sites responsible for what the users put up there. This is just another way to get to piracy, they've been trying to do these things for years.KungfuKitten

[QUOTE="KungfuKitten"]Another attempt at making the sites responsible for what the users put up there. This is just another way to get to piracy, they've been trying to do these things for years.LJS9502_basic

"Someone said something mean to me on the internet, let's arrest them"

GummiRaccoon

Claire Perry, received death threats relating to her fight against pornography on the internet. loco145

[QUOTE="loco145"]Claire Perry, received death threats relating to her fight against pornography on the internet. foxhound_fox

People who threaten to rape and kill people on the internet should be taken seriously. You never know when they're joking.

I'm inclined to believe threatening rape/murder is a different animal then simple trolling and should be treated differently as well. If I walked up to a woman and told her I was going to rape her tomorrow at her home I would think there would be some legal ramifications for that action, and don't see why saying it online would make that any different.

....wait how is she an idiot? because she has a belief?WilliamRLBaker

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"]

I don't understand why people can't just get off the damn thing, I know its not a popular view but cyber bullying is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. If someone is harrassing you on a social media site and you can't take it then turn off your computer and go about your life. It's easy for someone to talk crap behind a computer screen. If it bothers you either block them or just stop using it completely. 

LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="Chris_Williams"]

I don't understand why people can't just get off the damn thing, I know its not a popular view but cyber bullying is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. If someone is harrassing you on a social media site and you can't take it then turn off your computer and go about your life. It's easy for someone to talk crap behind a computer screen. If it bothers you either block them or just stop using it completely. 

Chris_Williams

That sounds like a huuuuuuuuge waste of police time.

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

"Someone said something mean to me on the internet, let's arrest them"

WilliamRLBaker

Have you ever played any online games ever?

Have you ever played any online games ever?

GummiRaccoon

"Someone said something mean to me on the internet, let's arrest them"

GummiRaccoon

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

"Someone said something mean to me on the internet, let's arrest them"

comp_atkins

There is a difference between saying something and planning something out.  Look at what happened to that kid playing league of legends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USPOGgATLTU

Getting raped in jail because he said something online, that seems just.

I support the police on cracking down on cyber bullying. There is a difference between just trolling and being down right bullying to the point of the person on the receiving end considering suicide to stop the bullying. AbstractRadical

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

Have you ever played any online games ever?

MrGeezer

I'm saying that the feasibility of someone following through with actions needs to be taken into account.  

Or educate people that you do have absolute control over your social media crap.

No need for calling 911. Just deactivate or account or block/report. Simple.

Just the fact that someone would spend the time to write about raping and killing someone is a good sign that they aren't legitimate. A real predator would be much more intimate and not hide behind Twitter. Suffice to say, if the police looked into and possibly arrested everyone who wrote stuff like that on the internet, they would need an unfeasable amount of manpower, and it would result in a massive amount of arrests of dumb teenagers that aren't worth the trouble.

Just the fact that someone would spend the time to write about raping and killing someone is a good sign that they aren't legitimate. A real predator would be much more intimate and not hide behind Twitter. Suffice to say, if the police looked into and possibly arrested everyone who wrote stuff like that on the internet, they would need an unfeasable amount of manpower, and it would result in a massive amount of arrests of dumb teenagers that aren't worth the trouble.

Jethawk11

I'm saying that the feasibility of someone following through with actions needs to be taken into account.  

GummiRaccoon

[QUOTE="comp_atkins"][QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

"Someone said something mean to me on the internet, let's arrest them"

GummiRaccoon

There is a difference between saying something and planning something out.  Look at what happened to that kid playing league of legends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USPOGgATLTU

Getting raped in jail because he said something online, that seems just.

[QUOTE="comp_atkins"][QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

"Someone said something mean to me on the internet, let's arrest them"

GummiRaccoon

There is a difference between saying something and planning something out.  Look at what happened to that kid playing league of legends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USPOGgATLTU

Getting raped in jail because he said something online, that seems just.

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

[QUOTE="comp_atkins"] what would happen if one of those people actually went though w/ what they wrote... and people knew about it a week in advance because they tweeted about it? there'd be a ---tstorm about why wasn't anything done... if a person called you up on the phone and threatened you, you could seek legal protection. this is no different. chaoscougar1

There is a difference between saying something and planning something out.  Look at what happened to that kid playing league of legends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USPOGgATLTU

Getting raped in jail because he said something online, that seems just.

Is that the part that bothers you?