Comment by wccrawford
7 months ago
While they could, I'm pretty sure that's already illegal, probably in multiple ways.
In the same way that you could be sued for anything, I'm sure you could also be dragged to court for things like that under this law... And probably under existing laws, too.
That doesn't mean you'll lose, though. It just means you're out some time and money and stress.
>In the same way that you could be sued for anything,
The risk and cost imbalance is much more extreme than that of a lawsuit.
I'm confident that, were I sufficiently motivated, I could upload a swathe of incriminating material to a website and cover my tracks within a couple of hours, doing damage that potentially costs the site operator £18M with no risk to myself -- not even my identity would be revealed. OTOH, starting a lawsuit at the very least requires me to pay for a lawyer's time, my face to appear in the court -- and if the suit is thrown out, I'll need to pay their court costs, too.
>While they could, I'm pretty sure that's already illegal, probably in multiple ways
Heh, welcome to the internet where the perpetrator and the beneficiary can be in different jurisdictions that make enforcement on the original bad actors impossible.
For example, have a friend in China upload something terrible to a UK site and then 'drop the dime' to a regular in the UK. The UK state can easily come after you and find it nearly impossible to go after the international actor.