Bro, this is like a scene out of Fahrenheit 451 and I'm not even exaggerating. This man made some posts online which were deemed "offensive" by the government, so guess what happened to him?
If you guessed, "The police showed up and arrested him for his offensive Facebook posts," [ding, ding, ding] you're our lucky winner!
I'm arresting you on suspicion of improper use of the electronic communications network under section 127 of the Communications Act ... This is in relation to some comments that you've made on a Facebook page.
Yes, these two sad excuses for cops just arrested a man for something "offensive" he posted on Facebook.
Welcome to 1984, England!
The Communications Act of 2003, section 127:
Improper use of public electronic communications network
(1) A person is guilty of an offence if he —
(a) sends by means of a public electronic communications network a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character; or
(b) causes any such message or matter to be so sent.
(2) A person is guilty of an offence if, for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another, he —
(a) sends by means of a public electronic communications network, a message that he knows to be false,
(b) causes such a message to be sent; or
(c) persistently makes use of a public electronic communications network.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.
(4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to anything done in the course of providing a programme service (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990.
Bro, we truly are living in some strange dystopian world, aren't we?
And boy am I glad to live in the freest country on Earth (while we still have it).
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