CNN.com - Technology - Hackers deemed terrorists under new U.K. law - February 20, 2001
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Sect 12 Support Offense -- "facilitating meetings." Snip below. Also see fundraising, money laundering, etc. where all it takes is "reasonable cause to suspect" ....a negligence standard? This act seems to mark the advent of "terrorist due diligence." I know many of you offer paid/pro-bono "privacy"/TSCM consulting, or are providers of some sort that could be viewed as enabling "designated" terrorist groups. Irrespective of this specific act, I find this is a disturbing train of regulatory thought. [LINKS] http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/8/17073.html (Article suggests Newsgroups & ISPs) Protest site: http://www.blagged.freeserve.co.uk/ta2000/index.htm Act: http://www.blagged.freeserve.co.uk/ta2000/fhome.htm ========================================= 12. - (1) A person commits an offence if- ========================================= (a) he invites support for a proscribed organisation, and (b) the support is not, or is not restricted to, the provision of money or other property (within the meaning of section 15). (2) A person commits an offence if he arranges, manages or assists in arranging or managing a meeting which he knows is- (a) to support a proscribed organisation, (b) to further the activities of a proscribed organisation, or (c) to be addressed by a person who belongs or professes to belong to a proscribed organisation. (3) A person commits an offence if he addresses a meeting and the purpose of his address is to encourage support for a proscribed organisation or to further its activities. (4) Where a person is charged with an offence under subsection (2)(c) in respect of a private meeting it is a defence for him to prove that he had no reasonable cause to believe that the address mentioned in subsection (2)(c) would support a proscribed organisation or further its activities. (5) In subsections (2) to (4)- (a) "meeting" means a meeting of three or more persons, whether or not the public are admitted, and (b) a meeting is private if the public are not admitted. (6) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable- (a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, to a fine or to both, or (b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both. Uniform. <snip> ) Crown Copyright 2000 Aimee E. Farr, Esq. Law Office Of Aimee E. Farr 5400 Bosque, Suite 675 Waco, Texas 76710-4418 T: 254.751.0030 F: 254.751.0963 E: mailto:aimee.farr@pobox.com K: 0x94AB84F1
blank frank said: < "time to liberate the Brits..." Makes you want to dress up like an Indian, storm aboard a moored British sailing vessel, and chunk cargo into the harbor, doesn't it? Domestic "property" terrorism is increasingly directed at corporate/private interests; and you see those interests addressed in spades here. Section 19 creates an affirmative duty to disclose information to authorities if the information is "suspicious" as to past or future violations of Sect. 15-18. The duty to fink is limited to a business or quasi-business relationship, defined as information which comes to his attention in the course of a trade, profession, business or employment. Under the old UK terrorism law [read: IRA], the acts had to be political, now they can be religious or ideological [read: ELF, ALF - speaking of which, is there a Privacy Liberation Front?]). Act @ http://www.blagged.freeserve.co.uk/ta2000/fhome.htm Definition of Terrorism under TA2000 ==================================== "1. - (1) In this Act "terrorism" means the use or threat of action where- (a) the action falls within subsection (2), (b) the use or threat is designed to influence the government or to intimidate the public or a section of the public, and (c) the use or threat is made for the purpose of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause. (2) Action falls within this subsection if it- (a) involves serious violence against a person, (b) involves serious damage to property, (c) endangers a person's life, other than that of the person committing the action, (d) creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section of the public, or (e) is designed seriously to interfere with or seriously to disrupt an electronic system." <snip> (But see Sect. 5.) Aimee E. Farr Law Office Of Aimee E. Farr 5400 Bosque, Suite 675 Waco, Texas 76710-4418 T: 254.751.0030 E: mailto:aimee.farr@pobox.com K: 0x94AB84F1
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