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UK arrests 3,300 for online statements (www.thetimes.com)
8 points by silexia 2 hours ago | hide | past | web | 3 comments | favorite





https://archive.ph/7S0ER

> Thursday October 12 2017

The article is old. But, in fairness, things could be even worse now. I mean, this "Online Safety Act" is new:

> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-safety-act...


> 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.


This is insane



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