Harassment

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I'm a little worried I may have harassed someone. Not really much I can do. Fell out with someone and said repeatedly via various social media a request to know they deleted personal information I had previously shared. Did say that was all I wanted to ensure happened e.g. Then I wouldn't contact them again. No threats, no abuse etc. They didn't ever answer.

Someone they know then got in touch to say I will be charged with harassment. Have I harassed them in the legal definition??? Hadn't actually occurred to me

Your op is somewhat confusing but am I right that you fell out with someone and have been repeatedly contacting them on multiple social media platforms demanding they delete (photos?) something you previously sent to them?
So they are now telling you to stop harassing them or they will contact the police?
Is that right?

The definition of harassment is when someone behaves in a way which offends you or makes you feel distressed or intimidated.
So if the ex friend feels that your many messages on social media are intimidating then they are right to feel harassed.
It doesn’t have to be threatening or abusive to be intimidating.

Maybe you should just leave them alone and then you won’t have anything to worry about.

It depends on the scale of contact you've had, and the content of the messages. Also relevant is when you first became aware that these messages were unwelcome. If only recently, and you haven't got in touch since then, the police are highly unlikely to take action.

What Collaborate says is right. You can do all the 'harassing' you like UNTIL they inform you that you are harassing them. As you've not contacted them again since this does not constitute harassment. There has to be an element of knowing you're harassing them, which until the first notice didn't exist. Relax!

Well they had blocked me so clearly any communication wasn't wanted. I couldn't understand why when they knew I wanted reassurance they deleted stuff I had previously shared in good faith (they didn't seem very trustworthy, stories kept changing) they wouldn't just say they had and then I wouldn't have contacted them again. It seemed even fishier that they wouldn't just say yes deleted and then I wouldn't have had any reason to contact them at all.

They never told me to stop. They just never said anything at all.

After I learn that it's most likely deleted then I am threatened with being done for harassment.

Not going to contact them again. No need if it's deleted. Was all I wanted to know anyway