👏@JackieFox21 achieved huge things.
Her determination has made #cyberbullying a criminal offence in Ireland. So, bullies are held accountable, and no family suffers injustice.
We are picking up the baton to criminalise online harassment across Europe.
📺http://epp.group/CocosLaw
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EPPGroup/status/1653391892191629315
I think we need to protect people from abuse across the board. The bullies just move their hatred online as it is easier, they are cowards who can't make face to face comments. They are still bullies off and online.
We have laws on harrassment in public / workplace, so all we need to do is extend the expectations online. Make those expectations clear.
Bullying in the workplace, can result in dismissal, so just extend the law so that if it takes place online, then you equally face being dismissed. Lack of action on this can equally result in the workplace being sued for damages.
We have laws on slander, libel, deframation too, again ensure they are legally enforceable, granted it may be harder to prove or disprove.
If we teach peope to think before they speak or type then maybe we can create a better world overall.
We can also teach people the world 'NO' and 'STOP' are instructions from the person being targeted to do JUST THAT, and not carry on, this sort of thing should be taught at an early age, but it seems that it is not in some cases.
So my last point goes back to what many others say, EDUCATION is the key.
