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> the police could simply have looked at the tweet to decide whether an offense had likely been committed The receiver is also important here. The same text ca

> the police could simply have looked at the tweet to decide whether an offense had likely been committed The receiver is also important here. The same text can be innocuous in adult to adult communication but worrying if sent to a minor, specially if spammed repeatedly to somebody living at the same street. I can see several cases in what the interview would be a reasonable first approach. In any case it feels like the societies are slowly waking-up to the dangers of ciberwar; and that the age of puppet masters being allowed to roam free, brainwash and destroy the lives of people online is dying for good.

mytailorisrich 4y ago
This is a tweet. It is not sent to anyone. Police overreacted. No need to try yo find justifications.
- pvaldes 4y ago
  > Police overreacted ... in your opinion. In many (most?) places Police has the right to ask informally anybody when investigating a situation of concern. People have a different way to interact with Police in Europe than in US when the excuse to "lie to the police" can't be used as mass destruction weapon against you. (If he was really arrested) he had to behave like a moron to escalate the situation to the point of being arrested. And what he was expecting? Police are really motivated to investigate anything related with hate crime online now, after seeing in the last years how efficient became the pupetry. We only need to remind how the Qanon movement started (and ended), or how very young and very naive adolescents in the western countries had been radicalized to join the Islamic State.
  - mytailorisrich 4y ago
    > ... in your opinion Considering that the arrest caused an outrage, that no charges were brought, and that even the force's Commissioner criticised the action, I think that it is established.

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> the police could simply have looked at the tweet to decide whether an offense had likely been committed The receiver is also important here. The same text ca

by pvaldes 4y ago

mytailorisrich 4y ago
This is a tweet. It is not sent to anyone. Police overreacted. No need to try yo find justifications.
- pvaldes 4y ago
  > Police overreacted ... in your opinion. In many (most?) places Police has the right to ask informally anybody when investigating a situation of concern. People have a different way to interact with Police in Europe than in US when the excuse to "lie to the police" can't be used as mass destruction weapon against you. (If he was really arrested) he had to behave like a moron to escalate the situation to the point of being arrested. And what he was expecting? Police are really motivated to investigate anything related with hate crime online now, after seeing in the last years how efficient became the pupetry. We only need to remind how the Qanon movement started (and ended), or how very young and very naive adolescents in the western countries had been radicalized to join the Islamic State.
  - mytailorisrich 4y ago
    > ... in your opinion Considering that the arrest caused an outrage, that no charges were brought, and that even the force's Commissioner criticised the action, I think that it is established.