hannamyluv - 6:59 pm on Mar 30, 2007 (gmt 0)

I think that there are already legal and technological things in place to take care of this stuff. If I kept getting repeated death threats by phone, I could take legal action. A few restraining orders and criminal charges slapped around would probably make a world of difference. Suddenly, it's not so fun to do anymore when you have something to loes by threatening someone.

Why is it different online? If you can't take legal action because they are in another country, well then unless they were really dedicated, they can't act on the threat. And if they are that dedicated, they would have offed somebody with or without the internet.

Bloggers need to stand up for themselves. Deleting comments like that would go a long way to helping. Critisism is different from threats and it is pretty clear what the difference is. If you take away half the thrill, of the comments being public, then most hacks lose interest pretty quick. Make it so you can't post anonomously and tracking IPs just makes sense if you are stirring up the coals under hot topics.

Movie & sports stars deal with these kinds of threats all the time. It is just part and parcel of being famous.