Internet troll law: UK libel reform outs anonymous trolls

Anonymous trolls in the United Kingdom may have to think twice before calling someone a “n00b” or “teh sux0r” online. That’s because the U.K. House of Commons this week will start a debate on reforms to British libel law that will provide incentives for Internet Service Providers to reveal the identities of online posters accused of libelous and defamatory speech, The Guardian reports. To be fair, The Guardian says that the plaintiff in the libel cases does have to show that they have “suffered serious harm to their reputations, or are likely to do so, before they can take a defamation case forward,” so the average Internet troll won’t likely be affected.
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