[ExI] UK now jailing people for unapproved online posts

[Adrian Tymes]

On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 11:07 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 at 15:33, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > It looks like it's just Fox News, and reposts explicitly citing Fox,
> saying this.  They've lied before, so if no one else is backing them up on
> this, did it really happen?
> >
> > Even if it did, it'd need to rise to the level of active plotting and
> support - the kind of thing where if you were in one state and coordinating
> riots in another within the US, the US would arrest you for that - to have
> standing in the US system.  However, that appears to maybe be exactly what
> this was allegedly about.
>
> The police commissioner was recorded saying those comments on Sky News
> television. I think that makes it reliable. :)
>

https://www.lexisnexis.com.tw/blog/8kdaja216390P1cedd47.htm backs it up,
They're credible enough to confirm it happened.

But it also makes clear that the extraditable offense is inciting a riot,
to a degree that is illegal - even if done remotely - in the US too.
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