Japan passes revised penal code with harsher punishment for cyberbullying
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Re: Japan passes revised penal code with harsher punishment for cyberbullying
#2How are they going to verify identity of the supposed "cyberbully"? Judge: "Here is a screenshot of an internet page where you use offensive language." Defendant: "But your honor, here is a screenshot with your name on it where you call this process fabricated."
Re: Japan passes revised penal code with harsher punishment for cyberbullying
#3As I get older I'm more in favor of this kind of thing. Freedom of speech ought (here I go; a terrible Kantian asserting an, "ought") to apply to political speech. Using FoS as a defense against aimlessly attacking others seems to undermine what is a basic expectation of civility (ie. not being made to feel unsafe) in advanced societies. I feel like there's a class of people that would gladly slaughter cows in front of Hindus and intimidate gay people under the guise of, "sociopolitical expression" but if we let this go on it could get to a point where, "talking" becomes, "taking deliberate actions to hurt or disenfranchise others" which is a slippery slope.
tl;dr-- Good for Japan. Politeness rules. It's people that have served in wars that understand this well.
Re: Japan passes revised penal code with harsher punishment for cyberbullying
#4How are they going to verify identity of the supposed "cyberbully"? Judge: "Here is a screenshot of an internet page where you use offensive language." Defendant: "But your honor, here is a screenshot with your name on it where you call this process fabricated."
Can you not think of better ways to investigate this, beyond screenshots?
Re: Japan passes revised penal code with harsher punishment for cyberbullying
#5How are they going to verify identity of the supposed "cyberbully"? Judge: "Here is a screenshot of an internet page where you use offensive language." Defendant: "But your honor, here is a screenshot with your name on it where you call this process fabricated."
I guess this is the scary part. Everyone is potentially guilty ?
Re: Japan passes revised penal code with harsher punishment for cyberbullying
#6How are they going to verify identity of the supposed "cyberbully"? Judge: "Here is a screenshot of an internet page where you use offensive language." Defendant: "But your honor, here is a screenshot with your name on it where you call this process fabricated."
This obviously warrants a cloud-based, trustless Blockchain system to verify identities on the Japanese Internet. Y-Combinator 2023 class here we come!
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Re: Japan passes revised penal code with harsher punishment for cyberbullying
#8Personally I feel this is law is a great step forward to stop hate speech and other forms of severe harassment but the thought that if you happen to “rage” on someone mid game and receive jail time for that scares me.
Society is becoming more and more closed off in a way where rather then freedom of expression you have to limit ur speech to not offend another.
Re: Japan passes revised penal code with harsher punishment for cyberbullying
#9As I get older I'm more in favor of this kind of thing. Freedom of speech ought (here I go; a terrible Kantian asserting an, "ought") to apply to political speech. Using FoS as a defense against aimlessly attacking others seems to undermine what is a basic expectation of civility (ie. not being made to feel unsafe) in advanced societies. I feel like there's a class of people that would gladly slaughter cows in front…
Japanese police have a reputation of "interrogating" you until you confess, regardless of innocence. That's the only way to hit their 99% conviction rate.
The last thing they need is another bludgeon.
Re: Japan passes revised penal code with harsher punishment for cyberbullying
#10Results this are why I vigorously defend even the outer fringes of free speech.
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."