Big Brother Watch is calling for the words «grossly offensive» to be removed from the Malicious Communications Act, a full review of the communication legislation being used by social media and a common approach to enforcing
the legislation by police forces, including the recording of social media offences.
The most chilling moment on election night was hearing Theresa May, when asked what she now wanted a Conservative government to do that it had been prevented from doing
by having to work with the Lib Dems in coalition, answer that her first priority was to pass
legislation that would empower the security
forces and the
police to conduct surveillance on the scale needed to keep the country safe.