Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermined encryption

Re:Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermi... by Dudeman112 on Friday February 24, 2023 @09:18AM (#34924700)

>many countries have no such restrictions and yet they don't seem to have a stabbing epidemic

Are you implying there's a stabbing epidemic in Britain? (apologies if I'm misunderstanding that)

Britain doesn't have a stabbing epidemic[1]. It's a meme

Media attention made the obsession, not whatever actually happens in the real world. Ah, if only people cared as much about heart and brain diseases :(

[1] https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/stabbing-... (click on Rate per 100k on the last table)

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Re:Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermi... by Nextgrid on Friday February 24, 2023 @09:23AM (#34924750)

> Are you implying there's a stabbing epidemic in Britain?

No, my point is that the insane knife restrictions we have aren't actually necessary since many countries lack such restrictions and still don't end up with a stabbing epidemic as a result.

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Re:Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermi... by jojobas on Friday February 24, 2023 @09:37PM (#34933257)

The fact that the police does confiscate sharp objects and arrests and prosecutes people leaves you with two possibilities:

1) There is in fact a need to curb knife crime, without these measures people would die a lot more.

2) There is no significant risk of knife crime, UK uses arbitrary law application to harass undesirable individuals and/or instill a "harmless mindset" into its subjects.

Not sure what's worse.

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