"If they recklessly failed to protect the information, that might be seen by a jury or judge as highly offensive conduct, " she says.

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Seemingly innocuous content once transcreated can be seen locally as highly offensive or culturally inappropriate at worst, but in most cases just irrelevant.

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They said earlier that commercialising the festival would be highly offensive.

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The notion that I, as a woman, might be accepting of a male partner who did not earn more than me seemed highly offensive, and something to be disputed heatedly.

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The High Court's ruling also said the Stonewall advertisement was "highly offensive to fundamentalist Christians and other religious groups whose religious belief is that homosexuality is contrary to God's teachings".

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"We would be appalled if any group were to try to sabotage this technology as it helps to protect the innocent from highly offensive and illegal content, " said a spokesman for BT.

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"It does seem very odd that Jonathan Ross can be back broadcasting having made obscene, insulting remarks on the air, and Carol Thatcher, who said something which is allegedly highly offensive but which I rather doubt was meant to be so, in private, should be banned in this way, " he said.

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