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Why do people (usually Americans) have this perception that we are an authoritarian hellscape on press freedom. There have been a few silly stories where local
by benjaminwootton 2y ago
Why do people (usually Americans) have this perception that we are an authoritarian hellscape on press freedom.
There have been a few silly stories where local police forces overreach to a social media post, but generally nobody could care less what we say.
The police won’t respond to serious crimes so you have no chance getting them to respond to something written.
There are hundreds of better things to pick on the UK for.
- milesrout 2y agoOh it is alright to destroy fundamental traditions that the English invented and fought for literally for millennia. That is fine. It only happens now and again! There are numerous examples of the police in the UK arresting and prosecuting people for making simple statements of fact or giving their honest and reasonable opinions. It is not actually that rare. It would if anything be better if it were more rigorously enforced, because it wouldn't last very long if it were. Instead, the threat of it looms over everyone.
- ein0p 2y agoOr 3000+ "silly stories" per year, to be exact. And that's just arrests.