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A comment on UK government’s plans to regulate the internet are a threat to free speech. Parent comment

Re:UK government’s plans to regulate the internet are a thre... by dfxm12 on Thursday September 17, 2020 @04:18PM (#24509458)
by retribution I meant in real terms like pain, danger, or economic ostracism.

I'm not sure what you mean by economic ostracism, but people are protected from having pain inflicted on them or being put into danger, as there are already explicit laws against assault and reckless endangerment.

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Re:UK government’s plans to regulate the internet are a thre... by whatshisface on Thursday September 17, 2020 @04:20PM (#24509481)
In a hypothetical country with poor freedom of speech, the police would come get you for criticizing the government or revealing embarrassing secrets. Alternatively, the police might turn a blind eye to hate group's violence against civil rights activists. There are many ways for it to happen. An example of "economic ostracism" would be every banker in the town refusing to do business with you after you criticized banking regulation for being overly lax.
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