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In the Netherlands if you tweet something that is perceived as inflammatory you will get a police visit: http://www.nrc.nl/next/2016/01/20/u-twittert-wel-heel-

In the Netherlands if you tweet something that is perceived as inflammatory you will get a police visit: http://www.nrc.nl/next/2016/01/20/u-twittert-wel-heel-veel-zei-de-politie-1578392 http://www.nrc.nl/next/2016/01/20/u-twittert-wel-heel-veel-z... Note that this is not the same as hate speech which will lend you in court and get you fined or worst.

ekianjo 11y ago
Thought crime at its best.
- digitalengineer 11y ago
  Agreed. Intimidation. But hey, we're the country that sends a arrest-squad in the middle of the night to cartoonists and detain them. NOT kidding: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorius_Nekschot https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorius_Nekschot
  - interfixus 11y ago
    Similar things are happening in Sweden. Dan Park is a Swedish street artist who has actually done jailtime for his works, some of which have also, by order of the court, been destroyed. Both Dan and his gallerist have been subject to nightly police raids. Lars Vilks is another Swedish artist. He is not being hunted by a police force, but by private, less rulebound actors. He can no longer live on a fixed address, and travels under constant police protection. What a glorious time for free speech.
AnimalMuppet 11y ago
Well... it might depend on the message the police deliver. If they're saying, "Look, some of these people react violently when you say stuff like this, and we can't always stop them, so if you're going to keep doing it, you'd better think about your physical security", that's perfectly reasonable. If they're saying, "This is a polite, non-official notice that if you keep saying stuff like this, you are going to face unofficial heat from the government, in ways that you can't prove is because you're saying this stuff", well, that's not appropriate for a free society.

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In the Netherlands if you tweet something that is perceived as inflammatory you will get a police visit: http://www.nrc.nl/next/2016/01/20/u-twittert-wel-heel-

by lumberjack 11y ago

ekianjo 11y ago
Thought crime at its best.
- digitalengineer 11y ago
  Agreed. Intimidation. But hey, we're the country that sends a arrest-squad in the middle of the night to cartoonists and detain them. NOT kidding: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorius_Nekschot https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorius_Nekschot
  - interfixus 11y ago
    Similar things are happening in Sweden. Dan Park is a Swedish street artist who has actually done jailtime for his works, some of which have also, by order of the court, been destroyed. Both Dan and his gallerist have been subject to nightly police raids. Lars Vilks is another Swedish artist. He is not being hunted by a police force, but by private, less rulebound actors. He can no longer live on a fixed address, and travels under constant police protection. What a glorious time for free speech.
AnimalMuppet 11y ago
Well... it might depend on the message the police deliver. If they're saying, "Look, some of these people react violently when you say stuff like this, and we can't always stop them, so if you're going to keep doing it, you'd better think about your physical security", that's perfectly reasonable. If they're saying, "This is a polite, non-official notice that if you keep saying stuff like this, you are going to face unofficial heat from the government, in ways that you can't prove is because you're saying this stuff", well, that's not appropriate for a free society.