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date	12/10/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to develop a greater level of public understanding of the legal framework for social media.
tabling member constituency	Sherwood
tabling member printed	Mark Spencer
uin	901586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>While there is clearly some awareness of the legal framework applicable to social media, I nevertheless publish warnings online reminding people of their responsibilities, where appropriate. My office also on occasions sends tweets, warning social media users of the risks of being in contempt.</p><p><strong></strong>As far as the criminal law is concerned, the Crown Prosecution Service has issued detailed guidelines on prosecuting cases involving communications sent via social media.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 15/10/2015 11:56:44 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer

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registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps his Department is taking to improve public understanding of the legal framework applicable to social media.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	10455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Judging by the number of referrals from members of the public to my office there is clearly some awareness of the legal framework applicable to social media but I have sought to increase this awareness by, for example, issuing online warnings on social media, including Twitter, in appropriate cases.</p><p>In relation to the commission of criminal offences by social media users, the Crown Prosecution Service has also issued detailed guidelines to prosecutors on handling cases involving communications sent via social media.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 12/10/2015 09:21:35 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith