glorification of terrorism
- glorification of terrorism
Clause I of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (2006) prohibits the publishing of ‘a statement that is likely to be understood by members of the public as indirectly encouraging the commission or preparation of acts of terrorism’, outlawing ‘any statement that glorifies the commission or preparation (whether in the past, in the future or generally) of such acts or offences; and is a statement from which those members of the public could reasonably be expected to infer that what is being glorified is being glorified as conduct that should be emulated by them in existing circumstances’. The maximum penalty is seven years’ imprisonment. Critics argue that the clause was both unnecessary and damagingly vague, offering too much latitude to those who would seek to stifle legitimate debate about government policy and the causes of terrorism. In their view, it provides the Home Office with too much power to decide who is a terrorist and who is a freedom fighter.
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