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1. ap99+b3[view] [source] 2025-08-15 09:45:03
>>JoshTr+(OP)
For the Americans looking at this act, you're maybe putting it in the context of American politics and thinking who cares if the porn sites have my face or id.

But in the UK you can be arrested and jailed for saying something online that offends someone else.

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2. esskay+g9[view] [source] 2025-08-15 10:44:50
>>ap99+b3
> But in the UK you can be arrested and jailed for saying something online that offends someone else.

It's hard to take this seriously, especially when if I ask for citations it'll likely be a couple of extremely obscure cases where the details are being conveniently glossed over.

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3. abtinf+xc[view] [source] 2025-08-15 11:19:26
>>esskay+g9
Wikipedia literally has an extended section on this issue. No one is going to give you citations for something trivially googlable.

> In September 2022, a British woman was arrested and charged for holding up an "abolish monarchy" sign at a proclamation ceremony for King Charles III in Edinburgh. Similar arrests throughout the country around this period over anti-monarchy republican sentiment have alarmed human rights groups.

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4. crtasm+wh[view] [source] 2025-08-15 11:54:56
>>abtinf+xc
That's bad, but it is not an example of someone going to jail.
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