While bullying and harassment has always been traditionally recognised offline, it is interesting to see how bullying online is being dealt with by the law. It appears that in the UK, death threats made using the social networking site Facebook are serious enough to impose imprisonment.
Although it is questionable as to whether the defendants offline actions against the plaintiff were the main contributory factor in the courts decision, along with prior convictions against the defendant, it could be showing that the court is beginning the recognise that traditionally personal, offline offences can also occur online.
It will be interesting to see what the outcome would be should the threats occur entirely online.
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