[nthcolumn]

The Official Secrets Act must be signed by you and pertains to 'official secrets' you may become party to as a servant of the Crown. It is not illegal to share this as a common civilian. Whether it is safe to do so is another matter entirely.

[Guyag]

If the Official Secrets Act applies to you, it's an offence to break it even if you've not signed it.

http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summ...

edit: beat to it by a minute!

[bazzargh]

that's not true at all, Section 5 applies to everyone, and deals with passing on secrets you've obtained from people who have signed the act.

That said, and IANAL, this document is not covered because of 5(2) - there's no reasonable grounds for believing that releasing this document is damaging to national security. It's a draft, so does not describe any measures currently in effect, and the draft will be made public in a few days when it is submitted to parliament, before it has any effect.

[anon1385]

>The Official Secrets Act must be signed by you

That's not true. It's a law not a contract; everybody is bound by it: http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summ...

>Do you have to sign the Official Secrets Act to be bound by it?

>It is not necessary for a person to have signed the Official Secrets Act in order to be bound by it.

[JupiterMoon]

Dangerous and wrong advice. I already knew what the other posters replied with. I was looking for more specific opinions about whether it would be safe to post this link on a Facebook type platform