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It's not the US, but UK police do carry out arrests for jokes on social media: - https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/12/23/glasgow-crash-tweet_n_6371428.html
by aembleton 7y ago
It's not the US, but UK police do carry out arrests for jokes on social media:
- https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/12/23/glasgow-crash-tweet_n_6371428.html?guccounter=1 https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/12/23/glasgow-crash-tw...
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-43478925 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-43478925
- https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/02/social_media_arrests_up_37pc_london_section_127_communications_act/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/02/social_media_arrest...
- sonnyblarney 7y agoYes, it's terrible, especially considering that these are for 'offensive jokes' not even specific calls for violence. But this is the states terrible job at trying to hamper hate speech, mostly with fines. The world is not turning upside down. If people dissapear off the streets because they say 'we deserve democracy' then we have a problem.