Tasmania’s police force has taken the unusual step of asking the public to stop alerting it to every abusive or harassing
comment posted to Facebook or other social media sites.
The force said it was increasingly receiving complaints
about material posted to the sites.
However, it sought to clarify that the use of technology to undertake some conduct does not in itself create an offence
.
If the conduct complained of would not amount to an offence if it occurred off-line, then it is not an offence simply because in a particular instance it was undertaken with the aid of digital technology,
the department noted — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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