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Re:VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in by lucasRW on Monday July 28, 2025 @10:05AM (#44711002)
Do you know of other western countries that send cops to your house because you posted memes on X ?

Saying that illegal migrants should be sent back home can literally land you at the police station. A hotel worker was arrested for testifying to what he saw in his hotels, ie. migrants being hosted, given a phone, meals, and NHS visit once every two weeks.

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Re:VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in by abxyz on Monday July 28, 2025 @10:10AM (#44711064)
The U.S. is the outlier, not the U.K. Go do a Nazi salute in Germany, or Australia. Burn the Quran in Sweden. So on and so forth.
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Re:VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in by ChrisKnott on Monday July 28, 2025 @02:01PM (#44713488)
> "Do you know of other western countries that send cops to your house because you posted memes on X ?"

This guy was prosecuted in the US for posting a meme on Twitter [0].

I imagine this can happen in almost every country. What ones do you think it can't happen in?

[0] https://www.courthousenews.com/on-trial-for-memes-man-asks-s...

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