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kyborenyesterday at 4:08 PM3 repliesview on HN

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3wkzgpjxvo

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uk-court-jails-man-racist-tweets-s...

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-greens-habeck-presses-charges-...

https://reclaimthenet.org/germany-online-speech-raids-politi...

I'm sure you can find more; those were just the lowest hanging fruit in 2 minutes of searching.


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Peanuts99yesterday at 6:56 PM

Context on the first one, she wasn't jailed for the post itself. She pleaded guilty (against her own legal advice apparently) to the crime of inciting racial hatred which carries a prison sentence.

There were other people also arrested at the time who did not plead guilty to this and were not charged.

Also she did call for a hotel filled with migrants to be set on fire while people were actively trying to do just that.

stackbutterflowyesterday at 4:33 PM

First link

> The wife of a Conservative councillor has been jailed for 31 months after calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire.

Saying she was put in jail for social media posts is like saying a murderer was jailed for breathing air.

Meanwhile a US citizen was jailed for a meme quoting Trump after Kirk death.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/17/politics/retired-cop-jail...

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socoyesterday at 4:28 PM

So you folks think just because it's internet we should be able to insult and call for racial action? Maybe you think in real life that should be acceptable too?

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