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Is there a reliable source about UK charges? But please don't say "it is censored everywhere", I hear it too often. in Russia, Serbia's good friend, let's just
by throwaway290 2y ago
Is there a reliable source about UK charges? But please don't say "it is censored everywhere", I hear it too often.
in Russia, Serbia's good friend, let's just say there are people charged for things like this (or for something else convenient) and sit in jail for years. This is not very publicized. But yeah I talked to some of those people who now sit in jail. And also I talked to plenty Europeans who say "everything is bad and censorship, Putin will free us all" (while in a russia it is illegal to tell somebody how to use VPN). It would be funny if it was not sad.
- A_D_E_P_T 2y agoThis is out of date, but it has >1000 arrested and >500 charged. > https://archive.ph/56fiN https://archive.ph/56fiN IIRC, the current number is >1200 and >650. A lot of those charges are against people who were just memeing on social media, e.g.: > https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2024/august/man-arrested-in-birmingham-over-social-media-posts-about-protests/ https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/n... > https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr548zdmz3jo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr548zdmz3jo > https://www.cheshire.police.uk/news/cheshire/news/articles/2024/8/men-jailed-after-posting-racist-messages-on-social-media https://www.cheshire.police.uk/news/cheshire/news/articles/2... Those sentences are not light! And, "will they change anything," the BBC asks? But somehow Serbia is the digital prison. It's equal parts laughable and terrifying.
- throwaway290 2y agoThanks!