Georgia Varley-inspired trolling law is waste of time says internet campaigner

Jan 14 2012 by Laura Cox, Liverpool Echo

He wrote: “MPs wanted to ban my favourite game of the 1990s – Night Trap – because it had scantily dressed women in. It turned out that the Video Recording Act 1984 was all they needed to use.

“The same waste of legislative time is evident to cyberlaw experts like myself.”

On his blog Mr Bishop claims trolling can be a fun and entertaining practice, rather than offensive.

In response Mr Rotherham said: “Laws of the land need to be constantly updated to reflect social and technological advancements.

“My intention is to see a greater conviction rate for those guilty of this vile practice.”

Since Georgia’s tragic death the ECHO has named and shamed some of the people responsible for the abuse on her Facebook tribute page.

But Georgia’s family and friends want to see tougher action taken to protect the memory of the popular schoolgirl they knew as “Gee”.

Mum Paula, who lives in Bray, Ireland, said: “I feel like I’m in a bit of a world of my own and it’s hard being here when all the investigations are happening in England. I want to know what’s going on.

“We are hopeful that Steve Rotherham can push the legislation through. If something comes out of this then it could save another family the heartache we have had to go through.

“Some of the things that have been written about Georgia are things I would never have tolerated being said about my daughter when she was alive. It’s even worse now that she is dead.”