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Re:UK arrests 3,300 for online statements by andsoitis on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @09:27AM (#42256341)
> Nine people a day are being arrested for posting allegedly offensive messages online as police step up their campaign to combat social media hate speech.

If this is true (don’t know publication’s agenda or researched the issue), it is really problematic that police are using force. Everyone has the right to be offensive.

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Re:UK arrests 3,300 for online statements by jfengel on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @02:33PM (#42258977)
Not in the UK, you don't:

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/127

Or at least, if you do want to be offensive, you have to be truthful about it. The UK is a lot less tolerant than the US about publishing lies.

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Re:UK arrests 3,300 for online statements by dragonwriter on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @02:36PM (#42259000)
Given the burden of proof differences, the UK is a lot less tolerant, in practice, than the US of publishing the truth, too.
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