You don't think putting photos of people's heads over the top of fred and rose west and sharing it to millions of followers is offensive?His podcast is pretty funny and I can't really see what harm the tweets I've read causes but "The finding of the jury confirmed that his conduct had gone beyond any joke and his messages were grossly offensive with the purpose of causing anxiety and distress to his victims"
Its a minefield
Jamie Tandy doesn’t like this post.Whatever your views on Joey iron your political persuasion people shouldn't be facing changes for name calling.. t's ridiculous. Listened to him on a podcast recently and he seemed alright.
Police our streets not our tweets.
Lol yeah, that was the joke, haha.I just noticed that, have you got the other person on ignore?
Wonder what sentence he’ll get for the Vine tweets. I think Menary won’t want to make a martyr of him, and will give him a suspended sentence, rather than send him down.
Maximum sentence is two years.
It’s not appropriate to send people to prison for something like this unless it’s off the scale and this certainly wasn’t that.Agreed I think a two year suspended sentence with a stern warning that one more breach will result in an immediate custodial sentence. Probably some unpaid community work thrown in.
Maybe a bit of litter picking outside McDonalds.Agreed I think a two year suspended sentence with a stern warning that one more breach will result in an immediate custodial sentence. Probably some unpaid community work thrown in.
Whatever your views on Joey iron your political persuasion people shouldn't be facing changes for name calling.. t's ridiculous. Listened to him on a podcast recently and he seemed alright.
Police our streets not our tweets.
They would have had to find it more than pretty offensive!As the judge instructed the jury, being grossly offensive is a high bar to reach.
He was cleared on many of his posts so it wasnt him just being convicted for name calling. He was cleared on the most well known posts.
So whatever he was convicted off the jury must have found pretty offensive
You know this law was passed by a Thatcher government?Yet again I find myself totally at odds with the consensus on here. I believe the legal system should not be getting involved in issues of free speech.
Barton's social media posts were distasteful but should not be illegal imo.
I'd be in support of legislation to establish this in law so that nobody faces the prospect of jail time for social media posts in this country.
Only exception would be incitement to violence.
Where/who do you think should be the regulator/editor of social media?You know this law was passed by a Thatcher government?
I didn't and on this occasion I disagree with the great lady ;)You know this law was passed by a Thatcher government?
My point not being a political one, but rather to underline there is nothing new about this law, because you were posting in terms it being a new legal development. And it plainly isn’t.I didn't and on this occasion I disagree with the great lady ;)
I think not. Neither could nor should.Could/should Musk as the owner of X be liable for “illegal” posts on his platform?
Ok, so any posting is at the risk of the person who posts it?I think not. Neither could nor should.