The Suicide of Amanda Todd

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Navane said:

Soleron said:
Except for the possible assault, no one should be charged with this. It was wrong of them but it shouldn't be illegal.

I can agree to a certain extent, but cyber bulling has to be stopped somehow. Suicide hasn't just happened once, but has happened on various occassions. If it were to be made illegal, then it'd infringe on our right to freedom of speech, but what can be done about the problem?

There are already restrictions on freedom of speech. You think you can post a threat to kill the president / prime minister / royal family and you won't have the jackboot brigade kicking in your door? Certain types of threats and extreme speech can be and is criminalised.

But where does cyber-bullying start and end? a lot of what's said on these forums could become ciminal under a cyber-bullying law. So it's not that the theory of criminalising cyber-bullying is objectively bad, but defining it so that it can work in practice would be enormously difficult.