UK Authorities Now Arresting People For Posting "Inaccurate Information" On Social Media
Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news,
Authorities in the UK are now arresting people for posting “inaccurate information” on social media, according to a new report.
Sky News reports that a woman has been arrested by Cheshire Police for posting “inaccurate information on social media” about the attacker who stabbed three girls to death in Southport last week.
The 55-year-old woman was arrested near the northern town of Chester on “suspicion of publishing written material to stir up racial hatred and false communications.”
Chief Superintendent Allison Ross gave a statement explaining how the post is alleged to have “fueled” the protests and riots in the UK over the last week, which she asserts started as a result of “malicious and inaccurate communications online.”
JUST IN - UK authorities begin to arrest citizens for social media posts "containing inaccurate information."pic.twitter.com/Mc4QYk5D3V
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Ross said the arrest was a warning to others about “the dangers of posting information on social media platforms without checking the accuracy” and that “we are all accountable for our actions.”
UK police are now arresting people for being wrong on the Internet. Let that sink in.
Presumably, the woman will now be thrown in prison along with people who attended the protests, such as Steven Mailen, who has been jailed for 26 months for “shouting” at police officers.
We're literally releasing 500 prisoners early so we can imprison blokes like this for 26! (Twenty Six) months for aggressively shouting at coppers. Not many will have huge sympathy for these rioters but you're insane if you can't see how ridiculous this is. https://t.co/RCa8plOKHX
— Fox (@foxblade98) August 8, 2024
As we highlighted earlier, head of the Met Police Sir Mark Rowley warned that “keyboard warriors” could be hit with terrorism charges for inciting riots online, even if they are living abroad.
Brits have also been warned that merely retweeting information about the riots could lead to criminal charges.
Stephen Parkinson, the Director of Public Prosecutions, told Sky News that people do not even need to personally post the content themselves to be deemed to be committing an offence.
Parkinson said social media users could be guilty of “incitement to racial hatred” if they post “insulting or abusive” content that is “likely to stir up racial hatred.”
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