Proposed new law in the UK seeks to curtail 'trolls'. My question is who defines an internet troll - its become one of those slurs bandied about whenever we don't like something someone posts. By that token we're all trolls at one time or the other so would this law hurt or protect posters?
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another example of trying to kill an annoying gnat with a sledgehammer. This one has unintended consequences written all over it.
The law of unintended consequences is what happens when a simple system tries to regulate a complex system. The political system is simple, it operates with limited information (rational ignorance), short time horizons, low feedback, and poor and misaligned incentives. Society in contrast is a complex, evolving, high-feedback, incentive-driven system. When a simple system tries to regulate a complex system you often get unintended consequences.