Unmask trolls 
is best way

AS a published author on internet trolling law, I felt I had to write to support the ethos of Ken Cooke’s response to Steve Rotheram’s call for more laws, when experts like myself say they are plentiful (Yorkshire Post, October 3).

As Ken suggests, and as was argued by no less than Mark Zuckerberg in a recent press release, the threat of “unmasking” the true identities of flame trollers is the biggest deterrent.

I praise Ken’s ideal of whether people would be “happy to put their name to” a post, and would suggest the answer is for websites to, as I have done, maintain a register of people’s genuine identity – voluntarily.

Outsourcing 
by large firms

From: Tim Mickleburgh, Boulevard Avenue, Grimsby.

I WAS interested to read the letter from Angela Holdsworth about Morrisons outsourcing business away from Yorkshire (Yorkshire Post, October 5). Sadly that’s the danger with PLCs, in that in order to please shareholders the original advantage of a firm’s local links becomes lost in the process.

It was the same with Marks & Spencer, that once had an enviable Buy British policy. Indeed when I lived in Hebden Bridge I knew a group of ladies that used to work with one of their local suppliers. Sadly that’s all been lost, making a mockery of the “Your M&S” tagline.

From: Peter Hyde, Driffield.

I NOTE that when I buy items of clothing from Marks & Spencer, they are made in China, Sri Lanka or other far eastern countries.

These will, in many cases, be made in sweat shops. I suggest the Government puts import tax on these items. This would raise money and, in some cases, bring work home.