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Doesn't the UK already have laws against threats of bodily harm? If so - what is different about threats made online than offline?
by grimtrigger 12y ago
Doesn't the UK already have laws against threats of bodily harm? If so - what is different about threats made online than offline?
- arethuza 12y agoThere is the Malicious Communications Act 1988: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malicious_Communications_Act_1988 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malicious_Communications_Act_19... What this actually appears to be doing is extending the maximum prison sentence under this act from six months to two years. Note: the above act is for England and Wales only - I wonder if there is equivalent legislation for NI and here in Scotland. There also the Communications Act 2003 which seems to be UK wide and covers "Malicious communications": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Act_2003#Malicious_communications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Act_2003#Malicio... The latter has had a lot of criticism: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/apr/27/law-criminalisng-offensive-twitter-use http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/apr/27/law-cri...