Gave you a thumbs up but I didn’t agree with your comments on Cyber bullying. As far as I am concerned it’s easily solved by monitoring discretely computer activities of children by parents. There are loads of computer software applications out there that do this. Forget about privacy issues etc, the benefits outweigh the negatives.

I think you made a very dangerous point there. If an authoritarian form of government where people have almost no rights is a more effective means of government than a democracy, then should we follow that because the efficiency benefits outweigh the negatives of no personal freedom? If we can start making intrusions into people’s personal freedoms because the benefits have a perceived value higher than the intrusion then where exactly do we draw the line? Can we say that the Chinese government restricting Internet access is ok because it protects people from negative influences and cyber bullying? After all the benefits outweigh the negatives to some.

I don’t expect you to answer, they’re mostly rhetorical questions. What I do expect before I agree to any Internet policing and control is where exactly the line is. What classes as bullying online and who decides this needs to be agreed. Otherwise we could see people making sarcastic comments about government policy being arrested for “cyber harassment” for all we know.

Well I wasn’t actually talking about Governments policing the internet I was talking about parents monitoring what their ‘minor’ children are doing on the net and the computer itself for that matter. There are many parents out there at the minute who have lost their kids to predators and bullying and I am sure if they could go back in time they would like to know what was going on so they could step in, that is what parents do. You look like a young lad and I don’t expect you to appreciate how protective parents are of their kids.

I’m an only child living abroad so I have a little experience in how protective parents can be. Legally speaking there are no restrictions on parents monitoring their children’s online activities. There is nothing standing in the way of a parent doing what you suggested. There is also no right to privacy for a minor living under a parent or legal guardian from said parent or guardian.

My point earlier refers to the attitude of anything goes as long as there is a benefit that you displayed in your earlier comment. When we start infringing on existing legal rights for the sake of this crusade against bullying, then we’re essentially committing a crime to stop a crime which is just a vicious circle.

Besides who has jurisdiction on a cyber bullying case? Nobody has been able to answer that question for me so maybe someone here can?

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