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https://www.thedailybeast.com/can-a-tweet-put-you-in-prison-it-certainly-will-in-the-uk https://www.thedailybeast.com/can-a-tweet-put-you-in-prison-... Neil Ph

https://www.thedailybeast.com/can-a-tweet-put-you-in-prison-it-certainly-will-in-the-uk https://www.thedailybeast.com/can-a-tweet-put-you-in-prison-... Neil Phillips, a 44-year-old shopkeeper in Staffordshire, was arrested, fingerprinted, and had his computer seized by police when he made a pair of tasteless jokes about Nelson Mandela (“My PC takes so long to shut down I’ve decided to call it Nelson Mandela”).

DanBC 9y ago
A great example. You're claiming he made 2 jokes about Nelson Mandella, which you've sourced to an article which sources from the Daily Mail. That's this daily mail: http://www.unhcr.org/uk/protection/operations/56bb369c9/press-coverage-refugee-migrant-crisis-eu-content-analysis-five-european.html http://www.unhcr.org/uk/protection/operations/56bb369c9/pres... > However, what really differentiated these two titles was their aggressive editorialising around threat themes, and in particular how they presented refugee and migrants as a burden on Britain’s welfare state. Both papers also featured humanitarian themes at a much lower level than any other newspapers in our study. Overall this meant that the Sun and the Daily Mail exhibited both a hostility, and a lack of empathy with refugees and migrants that was unique. There's a reason the Daily Mail is no longer seen as a reliable source for Wikipedia: it often misrepresents cases like this. Here's a useful blog that discusses the Mail's misleading coverage: https://obscurer.co.uk/category/law/ https://obscurer.co.uk/category/law/ > Mr Phillips, 44, is one of two men interviewed by police following a bitter, ill-tempered feud over plans for a mining memorial in the town centre – a well-intentioned project that, claims one leading councillor and barrister, has been ambushed by some members of the Far Right and used as a propaganda platform. [...] > And he sent the Sunday Mercury screen grabs – one a shocking image of decapitation, another featuring a wheelchair-bound individual, posted by Mr Phillips. > He said: “They are vile and deeply offensive, anti-Muslim, anti-disabled.” That's not even close to "made 2 nelson mandela jokes", is it?
- orangecat 9y ago
  Fair enough. The actual reason for his arrest isn't clear to me, but I'll withdraw it as an example of something that is obviously overbroad.

DanBC 9y ago

A great example. You're claiming he made 2 jokes about Nelson Mandella, which you've sourced to an article which sources from the Daily Mail. That's this daily mail: http://www.unhcr.org/uk/protection/operations/56bb369c9/press-coverage-refugee-migrant-crisis-eu-content-analysis-five-european.html http://www.unhcr.org/uk/protection/operations/56bb369c9/pres... > However, what really differentiated these two titles was their aggressive editorialising around threat themes, and in particular how they presented refugee and migrants as a burden on Britain’s welfare state. Both papers also featured humanitarian themes at a much lower level than any other newspapers in our study. Overall this meant that the Sun and the Daily Mail exhibited both a hostility, and a lack of empathy with refugees and migrants that was unique. There's a reason the Daily Mail is no longer seen as a reliable source for Wikipedia: it often misrepresents cases like this. Here's a useful blog that discusses the Mail's misleading coverage: https://obscurer.co.uk/category/law/ https://obscurer.co.uk/category/law/ > Mr Phillips, 44, is one of two men interviewed by police following a bitter, ill-tempered feud over plans for a mining memorial in the town centre – a well-intentioned project that, claims one leading councillor and barrister, has been ambushed by some members of the Far Right and used as a propaganda platform. [...] > And he sent the Sunday Mercury screen grabs – one a shocking image of decapitation, another featuring a wheelchair-bound individual, posted by Mr Phillips. > He said: “They are vile and deeply offensive, anti-Muslim, anti-disabled.” That's not even close to "made 2 nelson mandela jokes", is it?

orangecat 9y ago
Fair enough. The actual reason for his arrest isn't clear to me, but I'll withdraw it as an example of something that is obviously overbroad.