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Threatening tweet
A threatening tweet is a threat via a Twitter message that can be directed at a person, object or event. Sending a threatening tweet is the same as threatening someone offline and is therefore punishable if it meets the conditions of article 285 of the Criminal Code. The increased use of Twitter, especially among young people, ensures that threats are expressed more often via this digital channel. A 'personal' threat was sent in 140 characters and one click of a button. Although most respondents to our survey were aware of the phenomenon of threatening tweets, a smaller group (45%) had also seen one on Twitter. Ultimately, 8% actually received a personal threatening tweet.
Arrests and convictions
The fact that making serious threats via Twitter is taken seriously by the police and is ultimately punishable is evident from a number of examples. For example, the case of Femke Halsema, in which a threatening tweet was made lebanon phone number list to her daughter, was brought before the court some time ago. The 36-year-old perpetrator was sentenced to 17 days in prison and 80 hours of community service. In addition, threatening tweets have recently appeared in which people threatened to blow up certain schools or shops or to imitate the shooting incidents in Alphen a/d Rijn.
Threatening tweets on this last topic have been taken very seriously by the police, resulting in arrests – for example of a 17-year-old boy. The judge sentenced this boy to 12 days in prison. To complete the list: the Hilversum police recently arrested a 13-year-old 'child' because he had sent a serious threat to an artist via Twitter. The police took the threats seriously, resulting in arrests.
A serious threatening tweets, in some cases resulting in convictions. The legal boundary on this point appears to be slowly but surely taking shape. However, the public debate on this subject is only just beginning. The survey shows that of the people who have been confronted with a personal threatening tweet, only half have reported or filed a complaint with the police. The other half of the respondents indicate that they have not done so because they either did not take it seriously or did not dare to report it. Of the respondents who have never received a threat via Twitter, three quarters would report or file a complaint with the police.
Young offenders
At first I was shocked by the violent threats on the account @doodsbedreigingen, which retweets every death threat on Twitter. For example, someone tweets: @xxx I'm going to put that f*cking school in the vik . Or @xxx if our mentor says you're staying we're going to threaten him with guns until we switch if he says no just die. Besides the fact that most of the threats are unreadable due to the poor Dutch of the writers, it is noticeable that the young people actually think it's really cool to be retweeted by this account, but are also shocked by what they have done.
A threatening tweet is a threat via a Twitter message that can be directed at a person, object or event. Sending a threatening tweet is the same as threatening someone offline and is therefore punishable if it meets the conditions of article 285 of the Criminal Code. The increased use of Twitter, especially among young people, ensures that threats are expressed more often via this digital channel. A 'personal' threat was sent in 140 characters and one click of a button. Although most respondents to our survey were aware of the phenomenon of threatening tweets, a smaller group (45%) had also seen one on Twitter. Ultimately, 8% actually received a personal threatening tweet.
Arrests and convictions
The fact that making serious threats via Twitter is taken seriously by the police and is ultimately punishable is evident from a number of examples. For example, the case of Femke Halsema, in which a threatening tweet was made lebanon phone number list to her daughter, was brought before the court some time ago. The 36-year-old perpetrator was sentenced to 17 days in prison and 80 hours of community service. In addition, threatening tweets have recently appeared in which people threatened to blow up certain schools or shops or to imitate the shooting incidents in Alphen a/d Rijn.
Threatening tweets on this last topic have been taken very seriously by the police, resulting in arrests – for example of a 17-year-old boy. The judge sentenced this boy to 12 days in prison. To complete the list: the Hilversum police recently arrested a 13-year-old 'child' because he had sent a serious threat to an artist via Twitter. The police took the threats seriously, resulting in arrests.
A serious threatening tweets, in some cases resulting in convictions. The legal boundary on this point appears to be slowly but surely taking shape. However, the public debate on this subject is only just beginning. The survey shows that of the people who have been confronted with a personal threatening tweet, only half have reported or filed a complaint with the police. The other half of the respondents indicate that they have not done so because they either did not take it seriously or did not dare to report it. Of the respondents who have never received a threat via Twitter, three quarters would report or file a complaint with the police.
Young offenders
At first I was shocked by the violent threats on the account @doodsbedreigingen, which retweets every death threat on Twitter. For example, someone tweets: @xxx I'm going to put that f*cking school in the vik . Or @xxx if our mentor says you're staying we're going to threaten him with guns until we switch if he says no just die. Besides the fact that most of the threats are unreadable due to the poor Dutch of the writers, it is noticeable that the young people actually think it's really cool to be retweeted by this account, but are also shocked by what they have done.