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| Jun 7 at 14:24 | comment | added | Paul Johnson | The other question, of course, is "were only 400 people arrested for this in Russia?" | |
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| Apr 11, 2023 at 7:26 | comment | added | gerrit | @gnasher729 Considering the quality of some of the arguments going viral on social media, it wouldn't shock me if people reasoned like that. | |
| Apr 7, 2023 at 10:00 | comment | added | gnasher729 | @gerrit So that's like saying someone was arrested for not wearing gloves (while stabbing his victim with a knife that has his fingerprints on it). | |
| Apr 7, 2023 at 9:57 | comment | added | gnasher729 | There was a case in the UK, where it seemed quite clear that there was not quite enough evidence for a conviction in a criminal case, and the defendant posted "I think I got away with it". The judge and jury took that as an admission of guilt. Was he convicted for a social media post? | |
| Apr 2, 2023 at 16:06 | comment | added | Schwern | I wonder how many were convicted. | |
| Mar 31, 2023 at 23:15 | history | protected | got trolled too much this week | ||
| Jan 2, 2023 at 8:12 | comment | added | Mazura | Freedom of speech is just that. No one in the US has ever been lawfully arrested for something they could say, especially on-line. Harassment law in the US is almost entirely focused around employment. You might not be able to strike but you can quit your job w\e you want. One more caveat though: in Cali, at least, you can press charges against a family member for harassment. - All these idiots in the news said things that you can't do in real life like "stalking, harassment, public nuisances" .... premeditated murder, etc. All of which are illegal; not what's "posted on social media" | |
| Jan 2, 2023 at 5:41 | comment | added | John | @Mazura America has plenty of similar laws, laws against stalking, harassment, public nuisances, ect. Harassment law in the US often specifically refers to annoying or distressing conduct. | |
| Dec 17, 2022 at 2:36 | comment | added | Mazura | As an American this sounds absurd. Only things you can't say are libel and slander, provided that the statement is false, or that which may cause physical harm, like 'fire in a crowded theater'. And State secrets, but you can say anything about it that you want. | |
| Dec 16, 2022 at 21:33 | comment | added | Cristobol Polychronopolis | @user76284 Anything could be considered "offensive" by some, but my understanding is that such words when used in a legal context are defined more narrowly (in the US, we use phrases like "community standards" that prevent any individual from declaring their personal opinion to be legally binding). | |
| Dec 16, 2022 at 19:38 | comment | added | user76284 | @CristobolPolychronopolis Can "legitimate political dissent" be considered "offensive" by some? | |
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| Dec 16, 2022 at 7:48 | comment | added | pinegulf | @gerrit Given the spirit of the discussion, I'd say no. As | |
| Dec 16, 2022 at 7:32 | answer | added | Stacker Lee | timeline score: 36 | |
| Dec 16, 2022 at 6:55 | comment | added | gerrit | Clarification question: If someone beats someone up and posts evidence of it on social media and is then arrested, does that count as arrested for things that they posted on social media? | |
| Dec 15, 2022 at 19:51 | comment | added | Laurel | The Times (UK) reported that exact number for arrests in 2017 but I'm not sure where they got it. | |
| Dec 15, 2022 at 19:17 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Dec 15, 2022 at 18:13 | comment | added | TimRias | Given various TikTok trends that literally involved posting self-incriminating evidence of crimes online, this number would not surprise me. | |
| Dec 15, 2022 at 18:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSkeptic/status/1603449819007275008 | ||
| Dec 15, 2022 at 16:35 | history | edited | pinegulf | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 15, 2022 at 15:55 | history | edited | pinegulf | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Question is not about comparison to Russia.
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| Dec 15, 2022 at 15:24 | comment | added | Cristobol Polychronopolis | The UK numbers are probably based on the Malicious Communications act 1988 or section 127 of the Communications act 2003, both of which focus on indecent, offensive, or threatening communications...a better comparison would be how many were prosecuted for legitimate political dissent. | |
| Dec 15, 2022 at 15:23 | answer | added | DJClayworth | timeline score: 52 | |
| Dec 15, 2022 at 13:33 | comment | added | Brian Z | I don't know the source of the 3300 number but here's one relevant data point. Essex local police department reports over 160 arrests per year for "malicious communications". And there are individual reported cases where social media posts are the cause. | |
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| Dec 15, 2022 at 11:17 | history | asked | pinegulf | CC BY-SA 4.0 |