As you may know, online threats are very common in the world we live in today. While reading the Room for Debate, "How to Crack Down on Social Media," it was sad to hear about a five year old girl getting rape and death threats directed towards her online. The worse part is that law enforcers do not do anything about it most of the time. The debaters from the article believe that law enforcement don't take the time to investigate these types of threats, but when there are physical violence threats they enforce those laws. Online threats can be just as horrible as physical violence threats, if not, worse. There needs to be more laws targeting online threats. This is a topic that also needs to be taken seriously by officials and the law enforcement. The debaters explain that it is a struggle to get something done because it is hard to track down where the threat is coming from. Is there a way to crack down on online threats? How do we get law enforcement to be involved more? Why is there more attention towards physical violence threats than online threats? I look forward to seeing your responses!
I feel like there's more attention towards physical violence because that is the only instance where enforcement can come in. There's nothing we can really do as of right now with online threats, so it seems like people don't even bother with it. Also, it's almost as if online threats or the new norm and what's expected to come with the internet. To get law enforcement involved, maybe we'd have to bring up how these threats have turned are causing physical harm to victims through depression and other mental illnesses. Or how it makes these victims feel unsafe.
ReplyDeleteIf law enforcement should get involved with these kinds of threats they should determine their severity. As sometimes people say things online that they would otherwise not say in real life, because they are behind the screen. We should have some sort of system to help determine if these threats are serious by seeing if they lead into the physical world. If a person feels threaten they should just block the online aggressors and seek help if they see that it is truly dangerous.
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