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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday October 13 2016, @02:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the chipping-away-at-freedom dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

A man has appeared in court in London on six counts of terrorism -- one of which was related to researching and using encryption.

Samata Ullah, 33, appeared in court last week charged under the Terrorism Act 2006.

The Metropolitan Police said in a press release that Ullah was charged with one count of providing instructions in the use of encryption to a person who was preparing an act of terrorism.

But a second charge relating to his use of encryption cites a controversial statute under British law, which in the name of a terrorism offense can criminalize acts that on their own are legal.

Specifically, Ullah was charged with a count of preparing to engage in an act of terrorism namely by "researching an encryption program, developing an encrypted version of his blog site and publishing the instructions around the use of program on his blog site."


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by martyb on Thursday October 13 2016, @03:13AM

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @03:20AM

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  • (Score: 2) by Whoever on Thursday October 13 2016, @03:45AM

    by Whoever (4524) on Thursday October 13 2016, @03:45AM (#413756) Journal

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    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @04:04AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @04:04AM (#413761)

      I'm a Muslim and I'm reporting this.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @04:21AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @04:21AM (#413764)

        The joke will be on you after you get charged with terrorism for drawing attention to yourself.

      • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @11:58AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @11:58AM (#413847)

        Et tu, Mohammed?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @05:49PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @05:49PM (#413996)

    what about r'yleh? i thought that guy was supposed to be sleeping, but then if he was running in this election he'd provide a greater evil for us to choose.