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Britain is Losing its Free Speech, and America Could be Next (www.currentaffairs.org)

submitted 21 hours ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33840224

From age and ID restrictions on the Internet, to charging rappers with “terrorism,” the U.K. is demolishing the most basic civil liberties. If we let them, U.S. leaders may be close behind.

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[–] LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 28 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Could be?

[–] EmpatheticTeddyBear@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Was going to say the same thing...

I mean, I LOVE my government! I would never say anything bad about it! (Did they leave yet?)

[–] Agosagror@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 14 hours ago

No they haven't.

[–] CatpainTypo@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

There’s a balance to be achieved here. Free speech vs accountability. I can say what I want, but if I say a bunch of lies I should be called on it. We have to fight misinformation but it’s way more energy intensive to fight it than to provide it. So how can we achieve a good balance? I don’t think banning Palestinian groups is a good idea. I think regulation of the press might help so they can’t publish nonsense.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 5 points 13 hours ago

What we're seeing in Britain (among others) is the logical conclusion of the balance you're talking about. You can't give the government censorship powers with a pinky promise not to use it irresponsibly and expect it to work.