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Communications Act 2003 - may apply to your Facebook status (legislation.gov.uk)
1 points by atmz 4965 days ago
We're had a bunch on new cases involving this little bit of overly broad law recently. I don't feel too bad about the trolls, but the first part makes writing something offensive meant for your friends on Twitter or Facebook is illegal, regardless of whether you did it with the aim of offending people or not.