Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by arethuza on Thursday October 15, 2020 @12:17PM
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In the first case there about Paul Weston, the local Police Commisioner clarified the reasons for his arrest:
"It has been wrongly suggested that Mr Weston was arrested for reciting passages written by Winston Churchill. I understand he was not welcome outside the Winchester Guildhall, the Police were called and he was asked to move on. I also understand that he was not prepared to move on and was arrested for this reason."
Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by 8note on Friday October 16, 2020 @06:49PM
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I was expecting those Churchill quotes to be more long the lines of
"I hate indians! They are a beastly people with a beastly religion"
Or "the Hindus are a foul race"
It's highly believable that quoting Churchill can be considered hate speach. There's a lot of races he did not like
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
[1] https://thenewamerican.com/hate-speech-u-k-political-leader-...
[2] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/arrests-offensive-face...
[3] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-43816921