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Now run those numbers per-capita (UK has been arresting around 3k a year for mean tweets). Democratic Germany has been rounding people up as well but I can't fi
by cpursley 2y ago
Now run those numbers per-capita (UK has been arresting around 3k a year for mean tweets). Democratic Germany has been rounding people up as well but I can't find their specific stats.
- bmacho 2y agoSource?
- bmacho 2y agoSo I've found the claim on a fact-check website [0]. It claims that these numbers are not "mean tweets" but a wide range of criminal activity, including e.g. harassing in e-mail or "terrorism offences" and "threats of violence". Now some can argue that it shouldn't be a crime, nevertheless, I do not think that this proves your claim about > Moral point? “Democratic” European countries lock up more people for “mean” tweets and silent protests than autocratic Russia (who doesn’t claim to be democratic btw). (Which, I don't think is true. I believe it is very-very false.) [0] : https://pa.media/blogs/fact-check/russia-has-far-more-restrictions-on-social-media-use-than-the-uk/ https://pa.media/blogs/fact-check/russia-has-far-more-restri...