BBC Says It May Contact Your Boss If You Post Comments It Finds Problematic
Found on Techdirt on Friday, 19 May 2017
There are all sorts of different ways that websites that allow comments have dealt with trollish behavior over the years, but I think the BBC's new policy is the first I've seen in which the organization threatens that it may contact your boss or your school.
To be fair, it does seem to limit this to cases where it believes you've violated the law, but even so, it seems like a stretch to argue that the BBC should be calling your boss to tell on you for being a dipshit online, even if you break the law.
Anybody with $0.02 worth of white matter between their ears will just use a VPN; and nobody who falls into this category would register with their real names anyway.