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https:\/\/youtu.be\/wzZ0sK-QpNk<\/p>\n New Law Commissioner Penney Lewis is leading wide-ranging review into whether UK\u2019s offence and abuse laws are fit for the Social Media age<\/p>\n<\/header>\n Posting anti-vaccine propaganda on social media could become a criminal offence \u2013 even if those promoting it believe the pseudoscience, the UK\u2019s new criminal Law Commissioner has said.<\/p>\n In her first interview since taking up the role, Penney Lewis, revealed she is considering whether laws should be amended to \u201clower the threshold\u201d of criminality for posting false information online that endangers lives.<\/p>\n It comes as the Health Secretary Matt Hancock said in September he was \u201clooking very seriously\u201d at making vaccinations compulsory for state school pupils after the UK lost its official measles-free country status due to a steady fall in MMR immunisation rates.<\/p>\n Read full article here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n Additional sources:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.centerforhealthsecurity.org\/event201\/191017-press-release.html<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/patents.justia.com\/patent\/10130701<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.pirbright.ac.uk\/partnerships\/our-major-stakeholders<\/a><\/p>\nPosting anti-vaccine propaganda on social media could become criminal offence, Law Commissioner says\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n