Petition Remove Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003

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Matthew Woods was imprisoned in a young offenders institute for 12 weeks after he posted an 'offensive' joke on his Facebook page.

This is backed up by section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 which states a person is guilty if he/she, 'sends by means of a public electronic communications network a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character; or
(b)causes any such message or matter to be so sent.'

This is completely totalitarian and completely against Matthew's right to free speech. I wish for the government to remove this article from the act in question and review free speech laws in the UK.

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Date closed 5 November 2013
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Petition Remove Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003

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