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A comprehensive list of intimidatory acts that are illegal offline but legal online

February 6, 2018 thesecretbarrister Lawsplaining, Politics

Today on Radio 4, Home Secretary Amber Rudd was the latest government minister calling for an overhaul of the criminal law in the name of tackling “intimidation and aggression” on the internet. Her premise is that “what is illegal offline should also be illegal online”. This was repeated by Theresa May in a speech today…

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At £131,000, Katie Hopkins should realise that trolling on Twitter is an expensive hobby

March 11, 2017 thesecretbarrister Lawsplaining

Some of my thoughts on the Jack Monroe v Katie Hopkins defamation judgment are up on I News, should anyone wish to read them: https://inews.co.uk/opinion/comment/131000-katie-hopkins-realise-trolling-twitter-expensive-hobby/

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