Japan Makes Online Insults Punishable by One Year in Prison

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Japanese lawmakers have agreed to make "online insults" punishable by imprisonment by one year, legislation that was prompted by the suicide of a celebrity who had faced cyberbullying and abuse over social media.

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Wow by the suicide of a celebrity.. kinda sad it took that for this... strange action.
 
Trying to figure out how something like that could work.

I guess it would follow the same law as face to face speech - if it's deemed threatening or slanderous then it could be deemed prosecutable. But seems like that is already law here in US - there isn't any distance between online and in person speech. The biggest difference I can think of is that people tend to think their online actions are anonymous. Which often isn't the case, but would require a bit more investigation to get at.
 
Pedophiles have lower sentences in many territories but hey, let us focus on these destructible **digital knives** terrorism campaigns! 😏
 
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