Grants talk:IdeaLab/Referring harassment to the Police

Difficulties[edit]

Part of the issue of going to the police is that not all areas have clear cut laws on online harassment. Some places don't have any laws at all and others require that the harassment be persistent, have persistent and pervasive harm, and/or have "plausible" threats of harm or death. A lot of people have reported online harassment, only to be told that it wasn't their responsibility because the harasser was in X area or because they lacked the ability to deal with online harassment. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 06:51, 7 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm okay with the idea of reporting harassment of a severity that warrants the attention of the police (death threats, stalking, serious cases of slander involving the person's real identity) to the police, but.. you can already do that? So what's the point of this idea? Please elaborate. --Doveofsymplegades (talk) 10:23, 7 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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