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The world is turning more and more fascist at an exponential rate.
This is does not fit in this technology community. UK or World is more fitting.
Seriously, is there an actual technology community that posts about technology and not just drama that is tangentially related to technology?
The erosion of free speech in the UK continues, though it’ll be interesting to see whether the far-right (who claim to want to protect women and girls, don’t forget) will care about it.
Trump and his whole dumb fuck cabinet are guilty of “malicious communications” pretty much every time they speak…
“Malicious communications” is such a bullshit thing
I see a lot of liberals openly advocating for suppression of speech while clearly not understanding the ramifications of such actions.
What were they even charged with? Light pollution?
Malicious communications, it’s in the article.
There’s no way they’ll make it stick, in fact I predict all charges will be dropped in a couple of days. It’s just a BS excuse to stop them until Mango goes
I don’t think there’s ground even for an arrest in my (non professional mind you) opinion.
The act requires that a message be sent by any electronic means (including transmission) so, this meets that part. But the message must be indecent or grossly offensive. I would argue some pictures of a couple of buddies together shouldn’t be grossly offensive.
Unless it’s the police’s view that it is offensive because of what Trump may, or may not have done with said now deceased criminal friend. In which case, they should be arresting someone else too.
Yes, it’s a common police tactic to make arrests around the time of a visit like this. But, they really do need to be grounded in a realistic application of the law.
A “suspicion of malicious communications” in the land of the free, how could that be, I didn’t speak out because it didn’t affect me.
When was England or Great Britain called “The Land of the Free?”
“The Land of the King,” makes more sense.
Was hoping we’d stop all that after the Queen died. Doesn’t feel the same saying “King”.
