Prisons to be full of Twitter morons by Christmas
News that Internet trolls could face two-year custodial sentencesÂ has led to warnings that the nationâs prisons could be full of Twitter morons by Christmas. Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has spoken of his desire to crackdown on crime, and explained that putting people who act like moronsÂ on Twitter in prison for longer is definitely the best way to do that. Grayling told reporters, âSociety is at threat thanks to these social media criminals, and I will stop at nothing until our prison system is creaking at the seams due to the thousands of people who post ill-advisedÂ things on Twitter.â âPlus, you know, itâs much easier to arrest a Twitter troll, than say, an armed robber or a rapist. So each arrest is a lot cheaper.â Those in prison already have questioned the move to put a greater number of Twitter trolls in prison, and for longer. Violent mugger Simon Williams told us, âTheyâve just put a guy in my cell who is doing time for tweeting obscenities about his broadband provider, and the person in their call centre who kept fobbing him off. Heâs proper hardcore.â âHeâs got the sharpest turn of phrase Iâve ever seen.â âIn here, being mean on Twitter is the new âbeating someone up in the canteenâ. These guys can leave you feeling worthless with just a few taps of their keyboard.â âYou donât mess with the trolls man, every fool in here knows that.â