Should the law be changed for modern social sites?

Cod_Eye

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23188875

 

Read this article today, lawyer makes a statement to the effect that the law should change about free speech on social network sites like facebook and twitter.

I personally don't think it should change, now lets put another angle on this for a second, what if someone made a threat and carried it out? How would we all feel then?  How would you feel if you was threatened through a network site? Isnt playground talk threatening?  If I was at school and another person says "I'm going to kick your butt after school" is this not a threat you expect to be attempted to be carried out?  When you are sat behind a screen and you see these messages, we have no eye contact no facial expression, no sound in a voice to measure, and no body language.  When does a joke not become a laughing matter?

I think we need to have laws in place to protect people from these type of trolls whether their threat is real or not.

What do you guys think?

Polatray

in social networkign if someone threatens you i think what they need to add in the rules or law is if the threats that you received can be used as a valid proof