Guidelines issued today on when criminal charges should be brought against people posting offensive or abusive comments on social media sites could boost free speech
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Index Press Release: Social media guidelines recognise there is no right not to be offended
The most senior prosecutor in England has issued guidelines on when criminal charges should be brought against people posting offensive or abusive comments on social media networks
Index welcomes the government's rejection of a proposal for mandatory blocking of "internet filth" On Friday (14 December), UK government announced that it will not force internet providers to block online pornography. Despite high-profile...
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Section 5 of the 1986 Public Order Act could be adjusted to remove the word "insulting" from legislation, it was announced today (10 December). Director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer has said that past cases could be classified as "abusive",...
An exhibition by British artists Jake and Dinos Chapman is being investigated by St Petersburg prosecutors after visitors complained that it was "blasphemous" and "extremist". The exhibition, at the world-famous Hermitage museum, features a...