re: British woman jailed for 31 months in prison over social media post

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this is Freedom of Speech, and thats what some of you dont get...Freedom of Speech is essentially FAFO..You can say whatever you want, but be prepared for consequences

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Not consequences from government though.

Even though charges later dropped you can also get arrested for sharing a post that has incorrect info in the UK.
https://news.sky.com/story/woman-arrested-after-sharing-false-claims-about-southport-stabbing-suspect-has-case-dropped-13217174

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She said she copied "a name and a sentence" from another post without checking the source but had added the line "if this is true, there will be hell to pay".

Ms Spofforth said there had been a "concerted effort" online to have her sent to prison.

She also claimed three police cars and a prison van had turned up to arrest her on 8 August - and that she was put in a cell for 36 hours "like a terrorist".

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this is Freedom of Speech, and thats what some of you dont get...Freedom of Speech is essentially FAFO..You can say whatever you want, but be prepared for consequences

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She called for mass deportation of illegal immigrants.


I guess come and get me Biden.

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"Some people used that tragedy as an opportunity to sow division and hatred, often using social media, leading to a number of towns and cities being disfigured."

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Looks like a bunch of democrats and Obama will be joining me m.

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British woman jailed for 31 months in prison over social media post

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Our 1st Amendment remains awesome.

also in before:

why do you care?
how does this effect you/me?
do you live in Great Britain?
how did you even stumble upon this?

i would've never heard of this if not for TD

or the source will be questioned, yet we aren't allowed to ever question the major US news networks/publications.

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and thats what some of you dont get...Freedom of Speech is essentially FAFO..You can say whatever you want, but be prepared for

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if that's the case....

all you have to do is paint your opponent or someone you don't agree with as a radical, dangerous, extreme, etc. And anyone who votes or supports your opponent, also is radical, dangerous, extreme, etc.

it's a bit of a slippery slope and goes much further than the "yelling fire in a crowded theater" argument. does it not?

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we came real close to this during COVID

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I'll never forget JBE telling us to stop worrying about our rights. And then shortly after, a photo of him at a party in CCL I think with no mask or distancing came out.

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I agree that Britain is going way too far with this kind of stuff in genera

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it’s been like this for years

You can be put away for life if your neighbors get together and come up with a lie about you, especially if that lie involves you being anti-British government

I took a law class on freedom of speech…. Your point is not true at all.

There is a tiered level of freedom of speech.

If you run into a crowded theater and scream fire…. Your speech is not protected at all.

Biden's England