Re: UK to Levy 15-Year Sentences Merely for Viewing 'Far-Right' Material

On Sun, 01 Dec 2024 08:14:50 +0000, BTR1701 <no_email@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

They can't censor the rest of the world and attempting to block anything
that doesn't fit the progressive' leftist narrative would be next to
impossible, so they've decided to make looking at anything 'not leftist' a
crime that can get you a 15-year bid in the can.
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This is what happens when the moviePigs of the world get their way with
regard to free speech.
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People in the United Kingdom could face up to fifteen years in prison for
repeatedly viewing "far-right propaganda" or "terrorist material" online,
according to a report.
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Users who view the forbidden content only once by mistake, or out of
curiosity, will not be charged, and it is reported that there will also be
protections for journalists, academics, and "others who may have a
legitimate reason to view such material".
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"I want to make sure those who view despicable terrorist content online,
including jihadi websites, far-right propaganda, and bomb-making
instructions, face the full force of the law," declared British Home
Secretary Amber Rudd. "There is currently a gap in the law around material
[that] is viewed or streamed from the internet without being permanently
downloaded."

I get the worry about jihadi websites, but if all they are doing is
viewing I'm not sure how that becomes a legal matter. I've had a
Ranger handbook that covers basic bomb and trap making for decades and
yet I've yet to set out to hurt someone with that knowledge.

Seems to me there's a big difference between knowing something and
applying it. Yet this law would make it illegal to know how to create
something that could hurt others and assumes that if you are viewing
certain material then you must be a threat to others. So there's an
assumption of guilt built into this bill/law/whatever actually come
into force. Hopefully it's just one more crazy idea that gets brought
up by a law maker and then tossed into the dust bin of history.