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.

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.

  • SheeEttin@lemmy.zipEnglish
    455·
    19 hours ago

    Britain has never had free speech in the same way as the US, nor even of the press. Only in the last few decades, they’ve only had what’s required by the ECHR.

    • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      91·
      11 hours ago

      They literally have a Press Censorship system where they will send something called “D-Notices” to newspapers to shut them up.

    • Fleur_@aussie.zoneEnglish
      291·
      15 hours ago

      Well US free speech is telling lies and misleading millions of people on broadcast television.

      • bobs_monkey@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        I’d argue that’s more of a problem with media consolidation and not having some form of truth requirement in broadcast media. When only a handful of organizations own the majority of media outlets and aren’t held to account for their content, this is what we end up with and why we can’t have nice things.