Tuesday 7 October 2014

Crown Prosecution Service offers clear guidance for prosecutors on ‘revenge pornography’ - CPS News Brief

Crown Prosecution Service offers clear guidance for prosecutors on ‘revenge pornography’ - CPS News Brief: "Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 deals with the sending of electronic communications which are indecent, grossly offensive, threatening or false, provided there is an intention to cause distress or anxiety to the recipient.
Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 makes it an offence to send or cause to be sent through a ‘public electronic communications network’ a message that is ‘grossly offensive’ or of an ‘indecent, obscene or menacing character’." 'via Blog this'