Re:He Disparaged the Police on Facebook, So They Arrested Him
by skywhopper on Monday January 07, 2019 @04:35PM
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I believe the UK has much stricter laws in this regard, but it seems to face a lot of the same problems as the US.
Besides, a lot of the truly dangerous misinformation is coming from antagonistic foreign governments, which probably can't be bullied out of doing so over the Internet by mere local criminal laws.
Not to mention that there's plenty of ways to satisfy libel laws and still spread misinformation.
I'm not sure what the solution is, but I don't think it's giving the government the ability to target people for things they say. That'd be a great tool to use to harass political opponents.
Besides, a lot of the truly dangerous misinformation is coming from antagonistic foreign governments, which probably can't be bullied out of doing so over the Internet by mere local criminal laws.
Not to mention that there's plenty of ways to satisfy libel laws and still spread misinformation.
I'm not sure what the solution is, but I don't think it's giving the government the ability to target people for things they say. That'd be a great tool to use to harass political opponents.