Guess the troll never saw that coming. Good on the concerned woman for tracking him down.
Vancouver Sun
Amanda Todd's memorial page on Facebook has been very active since the teenager's death, drawing more than 700,000 Likes. Not all the activity on the site has been positive, however. The page has also been beset by trolls looking to anonymously stir up controversy by leaving upsetting messages on the site.
But one troll lost his anonymity when a woman tracked him down. Not long after, he lost his job.
Christine Claveau, a mother from Calgary, saw the man's comment on Todd's Facebook page and, rather than simply getting upset or lashing out from her computer, she made a concerted effort to find out who was behind it.
“I just saw all these hateful comments, outrageous things, tormenting her after her passing,” Claveau told Global News. “This one gentleman said something that just triggered something in me.”
After finding out the man's name and where he worked, Claveau contacted his employer via e-mail and shared what the man had done.
The employer, a menswear chain in Toronto, responded immediately by firing the man, saying they will not tolerate the mistreatment of others under any circumstance.
Trolling has moved into the mainstream in the wake of Todd's death and a recent Gawker article outing Violentacrez, one of Reddit's most notorious trolls. But it's the mask of anonymity that allows it to continue. On Tuesday, it was reported that Violentacrez, whose real name is Michael Brutsch, lost his job after his identity was revealed as well.
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Amanda Todd Facebook page trolling costs Toronto man his job (Vancouver Sun)
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Its wonderful thing to hear how someone will take extra time out of their day, to track down and expose dirt bags.. GOOD FOR HER
Good riddance.I'm hoping a lot more of these gutless online trolls get outed and have to be accountable for what they're spreading around.
I think that's great. If people thought their online behavior and words could come back to their real life, offline identity, the internet would be far less hostile. Although you've gotta think this guy is especially stupid for using his Facebook account under his real identity!
Even if the company he worked for (and fired him) had no "conduct policy", AND if that a**h*** sues and wins, do you really think his NEXT employer will hire him with open arms ? My bet is that he will avoid the limelight now and crawl back under the rock.
So many people don't believe that, though, and how many times do we hear 'it's just the internet' as an excuse for criminal behaviour.
A lot of this reminds me of the damage done in Vancouver not long ago, and the people's pictures put up on the internet to track them down. The attitude in these kinds of people is that because they can do it, they should be able to because apparently the internet doesn't mean anyone has to obey laws.
There will never be any valid reason it justification for tracking people's internet activity indiscriminately, without any reason to suspect any wrongdoing. No reason whatsoever.
They don't have permission to search your house, examine your phone record or listen in on your private phone conversation without having to first demonstrate that there are very good reasons to suspect you are doing something illegal.... So why would it be any different when it comes to the internet?
I fail to see why somehow that's apparently not good enough for them or why there shouldn't be any oversight and they should just get to do whatever they feel like without having to justify it to anyone.
There just isn't any convincing argument to show that a) there will never be any abuses - obviously, like everything else, there will be. b) the current procedures they have to follow and having to prove their request is warranted before they get the okay to do it, are somehow inadequate or unacceptable - which they're not.
It's a really stupid and dangerous idea and I can't for the the life of me, understand how anyone (besides LE obviously! ) can think it's a good idea or that it's harmless "if you've got nothing to hide and aren't doing anything illegal"?
I've got a bridge to sell to those people
because that is shockingly naive and kind of delusional too, actually.
