Jailed Twitter troll: 'It was disgusting what I did'

  • 18 November 2014
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by Lee Munson on November 17, 2014
 
 

A woman who was sentenced to 12 weeks in jail for sending abusive tweets to journalist Caroline Criado-Perez has spoken of her regret over the abuse she dished out on Twitter.
Internet troll Isabella Sorley was one of the first people convicted under the Malicious Communications Act following a campaign of hate against Criado-Perez, a feminist who had successfully campaigned to have a woman appear on new bank notes.
Sorley, who threatened Criado-Perez with "worse than rape" and told her to "kill yourself before I do", told pupils at a Hartlepool, UK, school that what she did was bullying, saying, "It was disgusting what I did."
 
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Glad to hear that the existing laws on the books were effective in this case.  I'd rather see these threats prosecuted than have a bunch of new laws and rules restricting free speech online.

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