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It Is Time To Start Taking Child Abuse Victims Seriously

Javed Khan | Posted 07.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Dpp, Department of Public Prosecutions, Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Keir Starmer, UK Crime, Rochdale, UK News
Javed Khan

The DPP's plan to re-assess the reliability and credibility tests for young and vulnerable victims is much needed and will help to address the issue of taking child victims seriously. There will be less focus on the victims' credibility and more on the suspect and their pattern of behaviour.

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Social Media and the Law: Know Where You Stand

Brian John Spencer | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK Tech
Read More: Social-Media-Arrests, Social Media Prosecutions, Social Media, Twitter Joke Trial, Social Media Prosecution Guidelines, Keir Starmer, Free Speech, Dpp, Twitter, Internet Control, Facebook, Censorship, Cps, Leveson, Trolling, UK Tech News
Brian John Spencer

Real time social media communications have utterly flattened and revolutionized the ways of the world. But with this incredible good has come a large measure of bad. The anonymous internet troll is now ubiquitous, the keyboard warrior is part of the daily rhythm and the anti-social social media user is common place.

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Social Media Prosecutions: Why I Have Published Guidelines Today

Keir Starmer QC | Posted 18.02.2013 | UK Tech
Read More: Crown Prosecution Service, Social Media, Twitter, Keir Starmer QC, Facebook, Cps, Prosecution, Dpp, UK Tech News
Keir Starmer QC

It is perhaps worth remembering that the Communications Act was originally drafted in 1935, to protect telephone operator staff from abuse. Through various re-enactments its reach has extended from telephones to all those using the internet.

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'Red Army' Protests Turn Violent

Ryan Cassidy | Posted 19.09.2011 | UK
Read More: Bingu Wa Mutharika, Blantyre, Malawi, Africa, Protest, Amnesty International, Violent Protest, Mzuzu, Dpp, Slidepollajax, UK News
Ryan Cassidy

What started out as a peaceful protest, with the aim of calling for an end to the current poor economic and for democratic governance to be implemente...

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