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Re:Creating apps like Signal could be 'hostile activity' cla... by brigandish on Thursday December 18, 2025 @09:05AM (#46312813)
The US has a three part test[1] for what constitutes incitement:

- intent

- imminence

- likelihood

If the UK had speech protections like the US (which I wish they would) then it would fail the imminence and probably the likelihood tests (you rightly note that it is ineffective).

[1] https://uslawexplained.com/incitement

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Re:Creating apps like Signal could be 'hostile activity' cla... by josteink on Thursday December 18, 2025 @10:07AM (#46313472)
These tweets had 33 views. At least before being made a charge.

I think that puts the likelihood-factor at zero.

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