Directly harassing someone is already a crime in most places. Here is an example definition:
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(1)Fear for the person's safety or the safety of the person's immediate family or close personal associates. (2) Suffer substantial emotional distress by placing that person in fear of death, bodily injury, or continued harassment.
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The second part of that is a little circular, but the point I am trying to get across to you is that in the US, I can call you a "fool" every time I see you and it is mostly perfectly legal even if you don't like it and tell me to stop. It generally has to be very escalated to involve the police.
And this is how it should be, and it should be a police matter. Not the "roadways" of the Internet making those decisions.
Today it might be some asshole calling someone the n-word or misgendering someone that gets their site shut down for all intents and purposes, but if we go down this road, tomorrow it could be because you misspoke about some "Dear Leader" in charge politically and now you can not participate in society in any real respect.
---- (1)Fear for the person's safety or the safety of the person's immediate family or close personal associates. (2) Suffer substantial emotional distress by placing that person in fear of death, bodily injury, or continued harassment. ----
The second part of that is a little circular, but the point I am trying to get across to you is that in the US, I can call you a "fool" every time I see you and it is mostly perfectly legal even if you don't like it and tell me to stop. It generally has to be very escalated to involve the police.
And this is how it should be, and it should be a police matter. Not the "roadways" of the Internet making those decisions.
Today it might be some asshole calling someone the n-word or misgendering someone that gets their site shut down for all intents and purposes, but if we go down this road, tomorrow it could be because you misspoke about some "Dear Leader" in charge politically and now you can not participate in society in any real respect.