Manchester's Self-Described 'Internet Troll' Jailed For Offensive Web Posts 321
noob22 writes "According to BBC Online, 'An "internet troll" who posted obscene messages on Facebook sites set up in memory of dead people has been jailed. Colm Coss, of Ardwick, Manchester, posted on a memorial page for Big Brother star Jade Goody and a tribute site to John Paul Massey, a Liverpool boy mauled to death by a dog. The 36-year-old "preyed on bereaved families" for his "own pleasure," Manchester Magistrates Court heard.'" My favorite line: "Unemployed Coss was only caught when he sent residents on his street photos of himself saying he was an internet 'troll.'"
Why so few posts? (Score:5, Funny)
First they came for the trolls...
Then it was a lot quieter?
Re:Why so few posts? (Score:2, Funny)
I'm so reporting you to the Manchester police for trolling trolls on slashdot. You've been backtraced and you'll face what will never be the same.
I don't get it. (Score:2, Funny)
"Unemployed Coss was only caught when he sent residents on his street photos of himself saying he was an internet 'troll.'"
I'm not sure which is weirder - that his street photos have residents, or that a still photograph could convey him saying something. Was there a speech bubble drawn on the photograph or something?
Newspaper website "troll" punished (Score:5, Funny)
An "internet troll" who posted offensive messages on the World Wide Web has been revealed to be the Daily Mail [newstechnica.com].
The Mail "preyed on bereaved families" for its "own pleasure", the Press Complaints Council heard.
The paper was charged with sending malicious communications that were grossly offensive. The posts included comments claiming the victims had brought it upon themselves by being asylum-seeking homosexual Poles who caused EU cancer.
it was only caught when it sent residents copies of itself saying "FREE DVD FOR EVERY READER."
The term "troll" was described in court as someone who creates numerous identities, called "columnists," and then posts offensive bollocks to upset or provoke a reaction from others and gain page hits and advertising revenue.
"You preyed on bereaved families who were suffering trauma and anxiety," said chairwoman of the bench Pauline Salisbury. "We know you gained pleasure and you aren't sorry for what you did."
The paper has been convicted of sending "malicious communications" and the editor has been given a knighthood and a rôle as official advisor on government policy.
The defence raised possible mental health issues, but this was dismissed by the bench.
A what? (Score:4, Funny)
Asperger's is the new sheik.
Asperger's is the new Arabian tribal elder?
Re:They jail for this in Europe now? (Score:1, Funny)
Well, I've never heard MacGyver2210 deny that he kept you locked in his basement for three years while he raped you every night. I'm not saying he--but why won't he deny it????
Re:They jail for this in Europe now? (Score:3, Funny)
Our royalty's bloodlines still exist but they aren't in power anymore, the most they manage is make an ass of themselves in public.