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Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021

82.Paragraph 3 of schedule 1 sets out the conditions under which service providers may be exempted from liability for “hosting” information, that is, storing information at the request of a recipient of the service. For example, if a person uses a social network to post racially abusive or anti-religious material, inciting hatred against a racial or religious group, then, provided the conditions in paragraph 3 are met, the social network is exempt from criminal liability.

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