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UK: The internet and the draft Terrorism Bill

Via OUT-LAW.com.

The draft Terrorism Bill, published yesterday, contains controversial measures dealing with the detention of terrorists, the criminalisation of those planning or preparing a terrorist act and the prohibition of the encouragement or glorification of terrorism.

All of the proposals have been criticised by civil rights groups – not least the Government’s own terror law watchdog, Lord Carlile of Berriew QC, who yesterday published his own report about the draft bill.

But Lord Carlile was generally approving of those parts of the bill that could affect website owners and ISPs, finding that the rules relating to the encouragement or glorification of terrorism were on the whole “proportional and a sensible part of the legal armoury”.

posted by Fergie @ 10/13/2005 08:38:00 AM