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So now consider that the same government want to extend voting rights to 16 year olds. So you can vote but you can't control the media you use to learn about who you're potentially voting for. There is something not quite right about that.
So the UK is now China it seems. What a shining light for democracy and justice. There is no way this will be abused by petty little tyrant minister right?
Sadly it's not only the UK. There is a global push to restrict communication world-wide. The future is very bleak for fundamental freedoms.
If they cared about children they'd just ban phones for children. Would be dead easy to enforce and wouldn't have any effect on the rights of adults. Unfortunately I think the way we are going is to treat everyone as children by default, though.
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There's a lot of misinformation being spread about this, but it's worth sticking to the facts. And, in fact, both were charged and both were prosecuted. Connolly admitted guilt but appealed against her sentence. This appeal was denied for the reasons given in the judgment above. Jones was unanimously found not guilty by a jury at trial.
Thanks for the info. What disturbs me most is the polarization and increasing intolerance of different/opposing ideas and opinions. I'm referring to "slit their throats" kinds of reactions and "set [it] on fire". There's no "lets agree to disagree and meet half way". No compromise. That's seen as weak.
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Can you give some examples of the speech the UK arrests people for?
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/wales-engl... You can get arrested for grossly offensive (completely subjective). Also they have a category called non-crime hate incidents (Hello Kafka) where they come to "intimidate" you without any charges being filed.