British engineer jailed for 15 months for 'vile' X social media post
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Surrey engineer jailed for 15 months for ‘vile’ post after Southport murders
Joseph Haythorne from Ashford made comment on X as violence was breaking out at asylum hotel near Rotherham
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Surrey engineer jailed for 15 months for ‘vile’ post after Southport murders
Joseph Haythorne from Ashford made comment on X as violence was breaking out at asylum hotel near Rotherham
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Not convinced this really belongs in Technology; he was inciting violence and would expect to be convicted on whatever medium.
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Surrey engineer jailed for 15 months for ‘vile’ post after Southport murders
Joseph Haythorne from Ashford made comment on X as violence was breaking out at asylum hotel near Rotherham
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Crazy to see someone jailed for a tweet
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Surrey engineer jailed for 15 months for ‘vile’ post after Southport murders
Joseph Haythorne from Ashford made comment on X as violence was breaking out at asylum hotel near Rotherham
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
[I very much disliked the content of the comment - it is discompassionate and ignorant]
I find it odd that the same message is no longer a call to violence when read out in court or reposted in news covering it - only when they posted it? -
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Surrey engineer jailed for 15 months for ‘vile’ post after Southport murders
Joseph Haythorne from Ashford made comment on X as violence was breaking out at asylum hotel near Rotherham
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
The defendant’s full post read: “Go on Rotherham. Burn any hotels with them scruffy bastards in it.”
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[I very much disliked the content of the comment - it is discompassionate and ignorant]
I find it odd that the same message is no longer a call to violence when read out in court or reposted in news covering it - only when they posted it?Uuuh...context matters?
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Not convinced this really belongs in Technology; he was inciting violence and would expect to be convicted on whatever medium.
Lots of Lemmy forums have a problem with stupid rage bait being left up. Like this could be in /c/programming since X is a program after all.
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[I very much disliked the content of the comment - it is discompassionate and ignorant]
I find it odd that the same message is no longer a call to violence when read out in court or reposted in news covering it - only when they posted it?"I find it odd that the same message is no longer a call to mass suicide when read out in court or reported in news covering it - only when the cult leader said it?"
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Crazy to see someone jailed for a tweet
Not really crazy. Make a threat or incite violence on any platform or any medium in just about any country and you can expect consequences.
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Crazy to see someone jailed for a tweet
Deserved it. Shouldn't have beem a racist xenophobe. Hate speech and incitement of violence is not legally protected in the UK. All those far-right rioters deserves prison.
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