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Chat Control. Who pays when a private joke ends with an F18 escorting your plane
- Erratic6576 3y agoA student from London travels to Menorca with five friends. Before entering the plane, he sends a photo of himself to the private Snapchat group that says: “I'm going to detonate the plane (I'm a member of the Taliban).” When the plane is flying over France, the British intelligence services transmit the allegd threat to their Spanish counterparts, who send two military planes to escort the flight to the island. The prosecution requests a fine of 22,500 euros and civil liability compensation of 94,782 euros, the bill for the F-18s
- pestatije 3y agoisn't that easily defensible?...in the sense that sending escort jets is just a security charade and plain useless
- defrost 3y agoPrevious discussions: British man appears in court over bomb joke sent in private message https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68056421 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68056421 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39094306 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39094306 90 points|tommoor|3 days ago|112 comments ================= British man appears in Spanish court over plane-bomb hoax https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67994140 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67994140 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39090704 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39090704 5 points by kaimac 2 days ago | flag | past | 3 comments ================= Teen arrested for bomb hoax after UK security services intercept Snapchat DM https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68056421 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68056421 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39114393 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39114393 15 points by type_Ben_struct 1 day ago | flag | past | 7 comments ================= British man Aditya Verma appears in Spanish court over plane-bomb hoax https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68056421 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68056421 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39127887 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39127887 1 point by totaa 1 hour ago | flag | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments
- Erratic6576 3y agomissed them all previous submits, probably due to their low point count