Broadly speaking, it is not illegal to demand (or ask for) money that you are duly owed. TMAN might have violated debt collection laws in his posts depending on where both he and BetKing are located, and other factors; if this is the case, I would consider it to be a process crime.
I don't condone how TMAN went about trying to collect the debt he purchased, and above all I think it was immature and intended to create drama, but I don't think it would meet the legal threshold of being blackmail or extortion.
Elsewhere in the thread you are
quoting, TMAN had purchased alleged debt owed by the person he was asking to pay. Even if the debt was invalid, I believe in this case that TMAN believed in good faith the debt to be valid, and BetKing did not dispute the debt to TMAN prior to TMAN making any of those statements.
Where as telling some one who is accusing you of being a liar who refuses to provide any evidence that if they continue to do so you will encourage others to review their post history to find out the truth for themselves IS LEGALLY blackmail and extortion you say??
His actions.. by his, laudas and yoggs OWN STANDARDS and definition is clearly extortion and blackmail.
Offering the dox does not seem to be the only implied or clear threat either.
EITHER WAY by their own standards (yoggs, laudas tmans standards are stated as making ANY threat to induce a certain action) is blackmail and extortion.
I think you are missing the point. THEY ARE IMPOSING DOUBLE STANDARDS regardless of the legal standing in whatever country.
You did notice I said ACCORDING TO DT MEMBERS in the thread title right? not some specific countries laws?
I question (not deny) your legal advice anyway. I find it hard to believe that you can threaten action that you certainly are aware could be placing a persons life in danger in order to force them to hand money over to you that you " allegedly " are owed. Wonder what would happen if that information being presented led to them being killed. Besides I don't think if you read the OTHER wording in red that the threats end there.
Also the entire ethos of this seems HIGHLY questionable. I mean what is the threat?? he will NOT give the other members the dox if HE is paid out only?? LOL nice
Well done though, for actually posting something of some questionable value and being somewhat ontopic and relevant if even if you are missing the point completely. DOUBLE STANDARDS. I'm not sure we need to have things LEGALLY 100% correct so long as the SAME standards are held to all members. Although if everyone is happy to only have punishment only allocated on a basis of one countries LAWS that is fine by us too.