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> Someone else will make a joke about police officers investigating tweets. That practice - which was put to an end a couple of years ago This claim is 100% fa

> Someone else will make a joke about police officers investigating tweets. That practice - which was put to an end a couple of years ago This claim is 100% false. We’ve seen multiple people jailed for tweets this year alone. > I have much greater faith in my government to protect my freedom of speech You don’t have free speech. The U.K. has no such general right. That’s why people are in jail for tweets.

jimnotgym 2y ago
...jailed for inciting rioting. That would land you in jail in the UK no matter what forum you said it in. No we have no right to incite people to riot in the UK. That is something I'm rather proud of.
- ClassyJacket 2y ago
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  - notreallyauser 2y ago
    Do you have a citation for that? People may have said words to that effect in addition to inciting rioting, but no one has been send to jail for saying that.
    - ClassyJacket 2y ago
      Okay upon further investigation it does appear I was incorrect about that case. I'm glad to have been, that was very concerning and scary. My mistake. However there are still some concerning cases - a girl was punished for posting song lyrics: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-43816921 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-43816921
      - jimnotgym 2y ago
        A song lyric containing an offensive racial slur? "She was given an eight-week community order, placed on an eight-week curfew and told to pay costs of £500 and an £85 victim surcharge." Not really the same league of punishment as the jailing you made up in your earlier post
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- LAC-Tech 2y ago
  In the Peoples Republic of China they call this 寻衅滋事, "starting a fight, provoking a dispute". A lot of them are very proud of their laws as well.
systemstops 2y ago
You're right - they have no free speech. They can't even speak freely about the horrible crimes being committed in their nation by grooming gangs. Many US companies won't capitulate to these regulations. The UK is going to simply be cut off from many social media services.
- desas 2y ago
  > They can't even speak freely about the horrible crimes being committed in their nation by grooming gangs. Unsure what exactly you're referring to, which might be ironic, but there's lots of news reports about grooming gangs, as well as the surrounding controversy and debate around ethnicity and political correctness see: https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=grooming+gang&d=NEWS_PS https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=grooming+gang&d=NEWS_PS
- TheFuzzball 2y ago
  > The UK is going to simply be cut off from many social media services. Oh no! Anyway...

jimnotgym 2y ago

...jailed for inciting rioting. That would land you in jail in the UK no matter what forum you said it in. No we have no right to incite people to riot in the UK. That is something I'm rather proud of.

ClassyJacket 2y ago
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- notreallyauser 2y ago
  Do you have a citation for that? People may have said words to that effect in addition to inciting rioting, but no one has been send to jail for saying that.
  - ClassyJacket 2y ago
    Okay upon further investigation it does appear I was incorrect about that case. I'm glad to have been, that was very concerning and scary. My mistake. However there are still some concerning cases - a girl was punished for posting song lyrics: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-43816921 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-43816921
    - jimnotgym 2y ago
      A song lyric containing an offensive racial slur? "She was given an eight-week community order, placed on an eight-week curfew and told to pay costs of £500 and an £85 victim surcharge." Not really the same league of punishment as the jailing you made up in your earlier post
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LAC-Tech 2y ago
In the Peoples Republic of China they call this 寻衅滋事, "starting a fight, provoking a dispute". A lot of them are very proud of their laws as well.

systemstops 2y ago

You're right - they have no free speech. They can't even speak freely about the horrible crimes being committed in their nation by grooming gangs. Many US companies won't capitulate to these regulations. The UK is going to simply be cut off from many social media services.

desas 2y ago
> They can't even speak freely about the horrible crimes being committed in their nation by grooming gangs. Unsure what exactly you're referring to, which might be ironic, but there's lots of news reports about grooming gangs, as well as the surrounding controversy and debate around ethnicity and political correctness see: https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=grooming+gang&d=NEWS_PS https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=grooming+gang&d=NEWS_PS
TheFuzzball 2y ago
> The UK is going to simply be cut off from many social media services. Oh no! Anyway...