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		DanBC on Oct 18, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Internet trolls face up to two years in jail under... It has been illegal to say things in public, or to send written material through the postal system, or to use telephones “for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another” for very many years. This new law just ties up loose ends with online activity.

icebraining on Oct 19, 2014 [–]

Oh, well, as long as the overreaching articles have been the law for a long time, it's alright then.

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