Twitter user sentenced to 150 hours of community service in UK for posting ‘offensive’ tweet - The Verge
date linked: 31 March 2022
source: link to article, 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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