Despite internet trolls hitting the headlines an awful lot over the past few years, ‘trolling’ is not actually a legal term yet in the UK. The UK government is now being asked to change that via a review of the current laws that govern “digital crime” with a view to creating one super law on the “misuse of digital technologies and services.” In the document, which just reached parliament, harassment, stalking, hate crime, revenge porn, identity theft, cyber theft, grooming and trolling will all be named under the new definition of digital crime. Up to now, ‘trolls’ have been prosecuted under existing law and already face two…
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