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Online Abuse – The Courts Keep Up with Modern Techniques
Online abuse is an ever increasing issue before the Courts. In Chabloz v Crown Prosecution Service EWHC 3094 (Admin) the High Court dealt definitively with several highly technical legal challenges concerning Communications Act defences. On 25 May 2018 at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Alison Chabloz, was convicted of three offences under section 127(1)(a) and (b) of the Communications Act...Read More
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Will online ‘hate crime’ be prosecuted as seriously as face-to-face ‘hate crime’?
New guidelines were published on 21st August by the DPP on how to proceed with ‘hate crimes’ suggesting that the CPS has formally recognised the far-reaching impact online ‘hate crimes’ may have. In response to this problem, they have promised to prosecute such crimes as robustly as offline ‘hate crimes’. To achieve this aim, the CPS will rely on a revised guidance on the prosecution of social...Read More
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