Editing Terrorism Act 2000 (section)

===Section 58 – Collection of information===<!-- This section is linked from [[Abu Bakr Mansha]]. See [[WP:MOS#Section management]] -->
This section creates the offence, liable to a prison term of up to fifteen years, to collect, possess, or access, "information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism".

Sections 57–58: Possession offences:  Section 57 is dealing with possessing articles for the purpose of terrorist acts. Section 58 is dealing with collecting or holding information that is of a kind likely to be useful to those involved in acts of terrorism. In 2019, the Section was amended to include accessing such information online in the definition of the offence. Section 57 includes a specific intention, section 58 does not.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wikicrimeline.co.uk/index.php?title=Terrorism_Act_2000#Sections_57-58:_Possession_offences |title=WikiCrimeLine Terrorism Act 2000 Sections 57 58: Possession offences |publisher=Wikicrimeline.co.uk }}</ref>

Bilal Zaheer Ahmad, 23, from Wolverhampton, is believed to be the first person convicted of collecting information likely to be of use to a terrorist, including the [[al-Qaeda]] publication ''[[Inspire (magazine)|Inspire]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Blogger who encouraged murder of MPs jailed|date=29 July 2011|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14344199|access-date=1 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=Online extremist sentenced to 12 years for soliciting murder of MPs|date=29 July 2011|publisher=[[West Midlands Police]]|url=http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/np/wolverhampton/news/newsitem.asp?id=4066|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521190648/http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/np/wolverhampton/news/newsitem.asp?id=4066|archive-date=21 May 2013}}</ref>