Twitter user sentenced to 150 hours of community service in UK for posting ‘offensive’ tweet - The Verge
Date Linked: 31 March 2022
Source: story link, from theverge.com
Very uncomfortable with this. Tweet wasn’t great, but not sure if it’s criminal. I’m sympathetic to the idea that we underpolice social media, but this is a fantastic example of why so many (including me) are worried about attempts to police it more.
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