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    The Malicious Communications Act 1988 (MCA) is a British Act of Parliament that makes it illegal in England and Wales to "send or deliver letters or other...
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    rather than literal. In the United Kingdom, Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 covers most cases of poison pen letters. Ransom note Dear...
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    to the Internet are covered by the Malicious Communications Act 1988 as well as Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003, under which jail sentences were...
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  • committed offences under Britain's Data Protection Act 1998 and Malicious Communications Act 1988, prosecution was deemed to "not be in the public interest"...
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  • YouTube comedian Danny Hyde by suing him for £10,000 under the Malicious Communications Act 1988 over a video in which Hyde referred to Wilson as a 'bumsplat...
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    "Malicious Communications Act 1988". www.legislation.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2019. "Criminal Code Act...
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    Patents Act 1988 (c. 48), also known as the CDPA, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that received royal assent on 15 November 1988. It reformulates...
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    have a licence to operate, will permit them. The Malicious Communications Act 1988 and Communications Act 2003 have been used to restrict what individuals...
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  • the range of comments that users can make. Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 criminalises sending another any article which is indecent...
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  • from Harassment Act 1997; the Offences Against the Person Act 1861; the Sexual Offences Act 2003; and the Malicious Communications Act 1988. Examples of...
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  • Harassment Act 1997, the Telecommunications Act 1984 criminalised indecent, offensive or threatening phone calls, and the Malicious Communications Act 1988 criminalised...
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  • Guardian. Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 Cockerton, Paul (25 May 2013). "Woolwich attack: Man held in malicious Facebook comments probe...
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    Malware (a portmanteau of malicious software) is any software intentionally designed to cause disruption to a computer, server, client, or computer network...
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    The March 2014 amendment modified the Malicious Communications Act 1988 and Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003. The maximum length of custodial...
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  • the incident under suspicion of violating the Malicious Communications Act 1988 and the Computer Misuse Act. On 9 May 2012, alleged TeaMp0isoN member and...
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    objected to the morning-after pill. She was prosecuted under the Malicious Communications Act 1988. She held that the prosecution violated her right to freedom...
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    Scotland campaigner Marion Millar, who was charged under the Malicious Communications Act 1988, with a hate-crime aggravator, for allegedly transphobic and...
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  • series. 89 acts of Parliament were passed in 1988: 55 public general acts and 34 local acts. indicates that an act is available to view at legislation.gov...
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  • Parliament of the United Kingdom, which ran from 17 June 1987 until 15 November 1988. Acts passed since 1963 are cited by calendar year, as opposed to the convention...
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    Order 1988 SI 1988/1848 Malicious Communications (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 SI 1988/1849 Merchant Shipping Act 1965 (Guernsey) Order 1988 SI 1988/1850...
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  • right. This decision was implemented through the Government Communications Security Bureau Act 2003. In 2001, the Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection...
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    potential malicious process and files, creating a potential avenue of attack. The US National Security Agency (NSA) and the UK Government Communications Headquarters...
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    local computer. Worms can easily spread through shared folders, e-mails, malicious web pages, and servers with a large number of vulnerabilities in the network...
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    humiliation, shouting, sarcasm, victimisation, terrorising, singling-out, malicious pranks, physical abuse, verbal abuse, emotional abuse, belitting, bad...
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  • the Act came into force. Before April 2015, the law most applicable to revenge porn, specifically image-based sexual abuse, was the 1988 Malicious Communication...
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  • Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) is a technical standard for the digital storage and transmission of medical images and related information...
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  • Poltergeist III (category 1988 films)
    terrorized by malicious spirits while staying in her aunt and uncle's apartment at Chicago's John Hancock Center. Released on June 10, 1988, the film marked...
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  • Hurricane, Tempest, Inundation, Hailstorm, Frost Accidental external means Malicious Act Terrorism acts While travelling by Rail, Road, Inland waterways, Lift...
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  • zero-knowledge proofs for a potentially malicious case, where the majority of honest players in the malicious adversary case assure that bad behavior...
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  • services. Electronic Communications Privacy Act: prohibits the unauthorized access or interception of electronic communications in storage or transit...
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