<P> In February 2010, the Australian government became involved after users defaced the Facebook tribute pages of murdered children Trinity Bates and Elliott Fletcher . Australian communications minister Stephen Conroy decried the attacks, committed mainly by 4chan users, as evidence of the need for greater Internet regulation, stating, "This argument that the Internet is some mystical creation that no laws should apply to, that is a recipe for anarchy and the wild west ." Facebook responded by strongly urging administrators to be aware of ways to ban users and remove inappropriate content from Facebook pages . In 2012, the Daily Telegraph started a campaign to take action against "Twitter trolls", who abuse and threaten users . Several high - profile Australians including Charlotte Dawson, Robbie Farah, Laura Dundovic, and Ray Hadley have been victims of this phenomenon . </P> <P> Newslaundry covered the phenomenon of "Twitter Trolling" in its Criticles . It has also been characterising Twitter trolls in its weekly podcasts . </P> <P> In the United Kingdom, contributions made to the Internet are covered by the Malicious Communications Act 1988 as well as Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003, under which jail sentences were, until 2015, limited to a maximum of six months . In October 2014, the UK's Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling, said that "Internet trolls" would face up to two years in jail, under measures in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill that extend the maximum sentence and time limits for bringing prosecutions . The House of Lords Select Committee on Communications had earlier recommended against creating a specific offence of trolling . Sending messages which are "grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character" is an offence whether they are received by the intended recipient or not . Several people have been imprisoned in the UK for online harassment . </P> <P> Trolls of the testimonial page of Georgia Varley faced no prosecution due to misunderstandings of the legal system in the wake of the term trolling being popularized . In October 2012, a twenty - year - old man was jailed for twelve weeks for posting offensive jokes to a support group for friends and family of April Jones . </P>

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