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Orwellian aspects of UK: 1. Extradition of their citizen to US, for creating link aggregator [1][2] 2. Jail for downloading a file [3] 3. Politicaly correct

by noodly 14y ago

Orwellian aspects of UK: 1. Extradition of their citizen to US, for creating link aggregator [1][2] 2. Jail for downloading a file [3] 3. Politicaly correct brainwashing in schools [4][5] 4. Sites blocking [6] 5. Jail for posting dumb messages on twitter [7] These're few things I did remember. When I hear about new case, I don't bookmark it, that's why this list is short. [1] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/03/copyright-wars-heat-up-us-wins-extradition-of-college-kid-from-england.ars http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/03/copyright-wa... [2] http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/jan/13/piracy-student-loses-us-extradition http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/jan/13/piracy-student-los... [3] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/02/police-download-a-file-go-to-jail-for-10-years-and-pay-an-unlimited-fine.ars http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/02/police-downl... [4] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223738/Nursery-children-branded-racist-schools-report-40-000-playground-race-spats-year.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223738/Nursery-chil... [5] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103175/Boy-7-branded-racist-asking-schoolmate-Are-brown-come-Africa.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103175/Boy-7-brande... [6] http://www.freshtechweb.com/after-uk-high-court-ruling-the-pirate-bay-could-be-blocked.html http://www.freshtechweb.com/after-uk-high-court-ruling-the-p... [7] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17515992 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17515992

why-el 14y ago
Your first 4 points apply to virtually every other country I know, to varying degrees. As for jailing the guy, it might sound surprising, but it is only so because a lot of people dont know how advanced the US is in terms of freedom of speech. You can say almost anything and get away with it. Some other countries are moving to that directions, albeit slower that expected. Slamming the UK alone for this ignores general developments across the globe.

by noodly 14y ago

why-el 14y ago

Your first 4 points apply to virtually every other country I know, to varying degrees. As for jailing the guy, it might sound surprising, but it is only so because a lot of people dont know how advanced the US is in terms of freedom of speech. You can say almost anything and get away with it. Some other countries are moving to that directions, albeit slower that expected. Slamming the UK alone for this ignores general developments across the globe.