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Re:WeChat is Watching: Living in China with the app that kno... by aembleton on Friday June 14, 2019 @07:47AM (#20182178)
It's not the US, but UK police do carry out arrests for jokes on social media:

- https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/12/23/glasgow-crash-tw...

- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-43478925

- https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/02/social_media_arrest...

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Re:WeChat is Watching: Living in China with the app that kno... by sonnyblarney on Friday June 14, 2019 @04:04PM (#20186230)
Yes, it's terrible, especially considering that these are for 'offensive jokes' not even specific calls for violence.

But this is the states terrible job at trying to hamper hate speech, mostly with fines. The world is not turning upside down.

If people dissapear off the streets because they say 'we deserve democracy' then we have a problem.

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