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The Robin Hood Airport case is a well known example, albeit a few years old now. There was also a case of a kid who posted on Facebook (to friends only) that B
by peoplewindow 9y ago
The Robin Hood Airport case is a well known example, albeit a few years old now.
There was also a case of a kid who posted on Facebook (to friends only) that British soldiers should go to hell for fighting in Iraq, the police arrested him and he was convicted for hate speech iirc.
- DanBC 9y agoI agree the Robin Hood case was stupid, but that was widely condemned. Do you have any more details about the kid?
- peoplewindow 9y agohttp://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-19883828 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-19883828
- DanBC 9y ago> There was also a case of a kid who posted on Facebook (to friends only) I was confused about the "to friend only" part, and it turns out he wasn't posting to friends only. He was posting to the general public, in threads that were tributes to soldiers that had died. Note that his offence is normally so severe a custodial sentence of six weeks is the usual sentence, and he got much less than that. https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Judgments/azhar-ahmed-sentencing-remarks-09102012.pdf https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Document... > On your own evidence, you knew the posting would reach between 600 to 700 people. In reality it may well have been significantly more