Laura Boldrini, an MP for the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) and the former speaker of the Lower House, said Tuesday that a man she reported to prosecutors for threatening her online had been convicted by a criminal court. She said the man had been handed a six-month jail term and ordered to pay her damages for a death threat posted on Facebook.
He had written "more P38 (gun) lead for Boldrini". "I stood as a civil plaintiff (in the criminal trial) and I testified," Boldrini said via Facebook.
"We must report online hate.
"Threats and insults cannot go unpunished.
"This is a way to take back the Web as a space for debate...
"Let's now allow ourselves to be intimidated!".
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