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<p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport and the Ministry of Justice
have engaged the Law Commission on a second phase of their review of abusive and offensive
online communications. This will begin in July 2019 and will build on the analysis
undertaken for the Scoping Report.</p><p>In Phase 2, the Law Commission will review
existing communications offences to establish whether the law is fit for purpose,
and make specific recommendations about options for reform in this area. This will
include considering whether co-ordinated harassment by groups of people online could
be more effectively dealt with by the criminal law.</p><p>The Law Commission will
also look at the criminal law around the non-consensual taking and sharing of intimate
images. The review will look at existing offences and identify whether there are any
gaps in the scope of the protection already offered to victims, making recommendations
to ensure that the criminal law provides consistent and effective protection against
the creation and sharing of intimate images without consent.</p>
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