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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. liveon+ci[view] [source] 2025-08-15 11:59:37
>>esskay+g9
30 arrests per day and increasing

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/police-make-30-arr...

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4. esskay+7t[view] [source] 2025-08-15 13:09:23
>>liveon+ci
Arrests != Jail. Read the original comment.
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