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Britain issues new guidelines on prosecuting offensive online comments

LONDON – People who post offensive messages on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter should face criminal charges only if their comments are harassing or threatening and not simply in bad taste, according to new legal guidelines in Britain that follow a spate of controversial prosecutions.

By Henry Chu

December 19, 2012

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