It's a surprise, I'm a UK citizen living in a UK dependency and will shortly be returning to Great Britain, and I can't access it. Huh!
Same in the OT of BMU.
The UK government has blocked IPs
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#32For those unaware, the UK police are currently promising to go after people posting misinformation and retweeting content (including video of riots) that might incite hate. In response to this the UK police are being trolled on their live chats (largely by Americans I believe). I did originally post a link to these (you can find them on X), but given the content I don't want to risk it. I'm assuming they're now block…
>But heated up again today after a 55 year old women was arrested for posting inaccurate information to social media, https://www.cheshire.police.uk/news/cheshire/news/articles/2...
I cannot visit that link, lol. IP blocked.
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#33$ host www.police.uk www.police.uk is an alias for fallback.soh.police.uk. fallback.soh.police.uk has address 104.18.28.214 fallback.soh.police.uk has address 104.18.29.214 $ host police.uk police.uk has address 51.104.28.64 Could someone outside the UK use the above and explain what they experience. Then we can get to the bottom of this. Its a bit late here for me to ask remote customers if I can use their gear to d…
I’m outside the UK, can’t access the website, and those two commands return the same result you posted.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Speech is regulated in the US as well. Publicly call for the assassination of a President and see what happens.
The exceptions are far more narrow than in the UK. Try and bring a libel charge in each country. PS: And technically, afaik, it isn't a crime to call for the assassination of the president of the US. It's illegal to attempt it, and to take actions that support those attempting it. But if you just post on Facebook about it... you'll get a call from the Secret Service and a recommendation that you don't do that, but no…
Nevertheless, mocking the UK for having "free speech, except when we disagree with it" is kind of specious when that exactly describes free speech in the US as well. It's simply a matter of where different countries choose to draw the lines.
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#35$ host www.police.uk www.police.uk is an alias for fallback.soh.police.uk. fallback.soh.police.uk has address 104.18.28.214 fallback.soh.police.uk has address 104.18.29.214 $ host police.uk police.uk has address 51.104.28.64 Could someone outside the UK use the above and explain what they experience. Then we can get to the bottom of this. Its a bit late here for me to ask remote customers if I can use their gear to d…
└─[0] ~ host www.police.uk 8:41
www.police.uk is an alias for fallback.soh.police.uk.
fallback.soh.police.uk has address 104.18.29.214
fallback.soh.police.uk has address 104.18.28.214
└─[0] ~ host police.uk 8:41 police.uk has address 51.104.28.64
I'm in southeast asia and the website is blocked
Re: The UK government has blocked IPs
#36For those unaware, the UK police are currently promising to go after people posting misinformation and retweeting content (including video of riots) that might incite hate. In response to this the UK police are being trolled on their live chats (largely by Americans I believe). I did originally post a link to these (you can find them on X), but given the content I don't want to risk it. I'm assuming they're now block…
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George Orwell was not not British.
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#37For those unaware, the UK police are currently promising to go after people posting misinformation and retweeting content (including video of riots) that might incite hate. In response to this the UK police are being trolled on their live chats (largely by Americans I believe). I did originally post a link to these (you can find them on X), but given the content I don't want to risk it. I'm assuming they're now block…
>> I'm currently waiting for a knock at my door along with 65 million of Brits who have posted inaccurate information online from time to time. Legal note: if anything I have said here is inaccurate I was unaware of it at the time of posting. how fucking funny. Everytime when something like this is getting discussed the only response is sarcasm and hybris. No acknowledgment of the problem, no ideas, just fucking bad…
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#38Re: The UK government has blocked IPs
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
The exceptions are far more narrow than in the UK. Try and bring a libel charge in each country. PS: And technically, afaik, it isn't a crime to call for the assassination of the president of the US. It's illegal to attempt it, and to take actions that support those attempting it. But if you just post on Facebook about it... you'll get a call from the Secret Service and a recommendation that you don't do that, but no…
Nevertheless, mocking the UK for having "free speech, except when we disagree with it" is kind of specious when that exactly describes free speech in the US as well. It's simply a matter of where different countries choose to draw the lines.
If you're making the absolutist argument, then yes, you are correct.
If you're making a practical argument, then we can trade exclusions 1-for-1 in the US vs UK, and the UK list will go on far after you've exhausted the US ones.
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#40For those unaware, the UK police are currently promising to go after people posting misinformation and retweeting content (including video of riots) that might incite hate. In response to this the UK police are being trolled on their live chats (largely by Americans I believe). I did originally post a link to these (you can find them on X), but given the content I don't want to risk it. I'm assuming they're now block…
>> I'm currently waiting for a knock at my door along with 65 million of Brits who have posted inaccurate information online from time to time. Legal note: if anything I have said here is inaccurate I was unaware of it at the time of posting. how fucking funny. Everytime when something like this is getting discussed the only response is sarcasm and hybris. No acknowledgment of the problem, no ideas, just fucking bad…
What do you want people to do?