If we really care about free discourse on the internet, we must take harassment as seriously as spam

It's high time we legislated properly to safeguard against 'keyboard warriors'

Online predators Credit: Getty Images
Online predators Credit: Getty Images

A week ago, a site called Ashley Madison got hacked by a group calling itself the Impact Team. It demanded that the site, used by 37 million people worldwide to have affairs, be taken down, or it would make everybody’s information public.

Ashley Madison is no privacy role model, but like many victims of hacking, it has tried to prevent the release of customer information using a piece of legislation ...