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E.g. Joseph Kelly was sentenced this year to 150 hours of unpaid work and 18 months of supervision for a “grossly offensive” tweet which went viral (he deleted
by karatinversion 4y ago
E.g. Joseph Kelly was sentenced this year to 150 hours of unpaid work and 18 months of supervision for a “grossly offensive” tweet which went viral (he deleted it after 20 minutes).
- flak48 4y agoThis the first I've heard of this and I assumed there must be more to it. After some Googling I'm shocked that someone can be sentenced in the UK for a mildly offensive tweet (IMO) that went viral before it was deleted in 20 minutes.
- causi 4y agoFamously a UK man was arrested for teaching his dog to raise a paw in imitation of the Nazi salute.
- norwalkbear 4y agoExactly this issue quickly becomes a motte and bailey tactic for those who hate free speech.
- xdennis 4y agoYou even get prison time if you tweet the word. E.g: * 56 days: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17515992 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17515992 * 6 weeks: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/30/man-19-jailed-for-racially-abusing-marcus-rashford-on-twitter https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/30/man-19-jaile...
- account42 4y agoOf course neither article reports what the offensive tweets actually were ...