UK arrests 3,300 for online statements

> Thursday October 12 2017

The article is old. But, in fairness, things could be even worse now. I mean, this "Online Safety Act" is new:

> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-safety-act...

> Nine people a day are being arrested for posting allegedly offensive messages online as police step up their campaign to combat social media hate speech.

If this is true (don’t know publication’s agenda or researched the issue), it is really problematic that police are using force. Everyone has the right to be offensive.

Not in the UK, you don't:

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/127

Or at least, if you do want to be offensive, you have to be truthful about it. The UK is a lot less tolerant than the US about publishing lies.

Given the burden of proof differences, the UK is a lot less tolerant, in practice, than the US of publishing the truth, too.

This is insane