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This morning.

A 28-year-old man has admitted murdering an 11-year-old boy in the south of the country over a year ago.

Neither can be named owing to Section 252 of the Children Act, 2001 which prohibits the identification of child victims including a deceased child.

Via RTÉ News:

The man was arraigned before the Central Criminal Court today via video-link from prison.

He pleaded guilty to murdering the boy, who cannot be named because he is a minor, in the south of the country on 3 November 2019.

Furthermore, Mr Delaney said that there was a certain “family relationship” between the accused and deceased and as a result the accused man could not be named in the context of the location of the offence.

Man admits murdering 11-year-old boy in 2019 (RTÉ)

Previously: Protecting Whom?

Pic: Central Criminal Court

“When users can be anonymous (or even hide behind a social media avatar), the temptation to behave in an anti-social manner is too much for some to resist. Please note I said “some”. But you only have to read the comments after any Broadsheet post or Guardian Comment Is Free piece to realise that “some” is a significant number. Here, you’ll see that a significant minority quickly morph into the kind of people you’d cross the street to avoid in real life. Psychologists would have a field day with such Walter Mitty antics, as office dudes become keyboard warriors once they log on to their favourite online hangout as SmurfKnight69.”


That’s YOU.

You are literally morphing into Smurfs.

Or smurfing into Morphs, if you want to be pedantic.

Moving To A Post-Comments World (Jim Carroll, On The Record, Irish Times)

Illustration by Robert Carter

Thanks @Stephenledwidge

Pic via The Plastic Mancunian

Things that will not happen: this.

YouTube sez:

Starting today we’re giving you the ability to change how you appear on YouTube, with the option to use your Google+ profile on your YouTube channel. One Google-wide identity was something that proved popular with new YouTube users when we began offering it in March, so we are now extending it to existing users.

Maybe you posted a few things way back (all those “I love you Biebs!!” comments?) that you’d rather not associate with publicly. By clicking “Review my content,” you can see every video, comment or playlist you’ve ever posted, and decide whether you want it associated with your full name before making the change.

In other news: angry 15 year-olds urged to think twice before using the internet as an anonymous flame pit of unfocused hate.

Choosing How You’re Seen On YouTube (YouTube Blog)

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