A British man just got three years in prison for posts he made on social media.
Three years for posts which stirred up "racial hatred" after three girls were killed in a knife attack back in late July (the suspect being an Ethiopian teenager).
Here are some of the posts that sent him to actual jail.
He even shared a Bee article:
Three years in prison for, at least in part, violating 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.
They can literally lock you up for being offensive or saying something not 100% true on social media.
And some in the crowd are just ecstatic:
They love to see it!
A man who posted material on social media to stir up racial hatred during recent unrest across the UK has been jailed for three years.
Wayne O'Rourke, who had more than 90,000 followers to his X account, posted misinformation about the killing of three young girls in Southport on 29 July and praised the burning of a car in Sunderland.
The 35-year-old, of Salix Approach, Lincoln, admitted publishing written material online to stir up racial hatred between 28 July and 8 August.
Here's the kicker:
O'Rourke had previously worked as a parcel sorter but left work to become his partner's carer.
Dude quit his job to take care of his sick wife.
The UK brings the hammer down on guys like this; meanwhile, the same judge, just over a year ago, gave this 18-year-old a pass:
Ridiculous times we live in, folks!
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