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IT’S SAFER THAN CHASING DOWN ISLAMIST ACID-ATTACKERS: British Police Force to ‘Consider’ Charging People Who Mocked Promise to Track Down Trolls.

A UK police force has been ridiculed after promising to go after internet trolls who “spew abuse from behind a computer screen” and threatening to charge anyone mocking their promise.

Wiltshire Police force in England dedicated a series of tweets on Monday to spreading the awareness of hate speech on the Internet. “The focus on tonight’s #999WhatsYourEmergency is hate crime – there is NEVER an excuse to spread hate,” the force tweeted.

But the police became the subject of outright mockery after it suggested it will track down everyone who causes offense. “You can’t hide from us if your spewing abuse from behind a computer screen. Our boys & gals in blue will find you,” the tweet read.



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