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1. No they haven’t 2. There are limitations of free speech in every country, including the US. It’s a matter of where the line is drawn.

• AmericanChopper 8y ago
  1. Yes they have. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5715727/Police-threaten-ARREST-Facebook-users-mocked-post-tiny-cannabis.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5715727/Police-threa... https://www.google.co.nz/amp/s/www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2016/06/02/social_media_arrests_up_37pc_london_section_127_communications_act/ https://www.google.co.nz/amp/s/www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/201... 2. The restrictions on speech in the US mostly relate to other crimes, like inciting violence. You can’t be arrested in the US for saying something that’s too offensive (like they do in the UK every day).
  • icebraining 8y ago
    Section 127 prohibits "sending by public communication network an offensive / indecent / obscene / menacing message / matter". It's unspecified in that article how many were arrested specifically for offensive messages (as opposed, say, to menacing ones).
    • AmericanChopper 8y ago
      Menacing like... mocking the police? Threatening behaviour is already a crime in the UK. Section 127 ONLY serves to criminalize any behaviour deemed offensive by the state.
  • dragonwriter 8y ago
    > You can’t be arrested in the US for saying something that’s too offensive You clearly are unfamiliar with the entire domain of obscenity law not in the US, which is exactly about defining what is so offensive as to be outside the scope of First Amendment protection.