Brits Who Post “False Information” About Vaccines Could Be Jailed For Two Years
People in the UK who post “false information” about vaccines online could face two years in prison under a new law.
Yes, really.
The Online Safety Bill, described as “the flagship legislation to combat abuse and hatred on the internet” has faced fierce criticism from civil liberties groups for its broad overreach.
The law would create a “knowingly false communication” offence which, according to the Times, “will criminalise those who send or post a message they know to be false with the intention to cause emotional, psychological, or physical harm to the likely audience”. Government sources gave the example of antivaxers spreading false information that they know to be untrue.”
Given that authorities have deemed all kinds of information about the pandemic and vaccines “false” that later turned out to be true, this is a chilling prospect.
For example, claims that vaccines are not fully effective in stopping the spread of COVID-19 would have once been deemed “false,” but that position is now a proven fact.
The bill would also change the current stricter standard of “indecent” or “grossly offensive” content to the much broader definition of “harmful effect” when deciding if a post or a message is criminal.
This is more in line with UK hate speech laws that determine whether an act of hate speech or a “hate incident” has been committed not on the basis of whether or not it actually happened, but on the basis of the supposed victim feeling like they’ve been targeted.
“The new offences will include sol-called “pile-ons” where a number of individuals join others in sending harassing messages to a victim on social media,” reports the Times.
And if you think that will stop those of a certain political leaning who routinely form “pile-ons” against conservatives for expressing dissenting opinions, think again.
It will be selectively enforced against people who criticize or make fun of those deemed “oppressed minorities,” despite such groups having the full backing of the state and every cultural institution (the alphabet people).
The Online Harms Bill is being amplified with the help of relentless propaganda about black football players being abused online, despite the fact that most of the abuse originates abroad, mainly from Middle Eastern countries.
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Editor’s note: This is quite obviously aimed at those who support anything other than a certain political stance. You know which direction of lean I’m referring to. And who made them the moral arbiter of what is true and what is false? That’s right; they did.
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very old white guy
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We know they don’t work and that is a fact, is that considered false information?
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Allan Shelton
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Quote: “Editor’s note: This is quite obviously aimed at those who support anything other than a certain political stance. You know which direction of lean I’m referring to. And who made them the moral arbiter of what is true and what is false? That’s right; they did.”
The above quote would result in the Editor going to jail for 2 years. No??
What a farce.
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richard
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So I post face masks don’t work using research from medical institutions to prove my point. The court cases will be interesting.
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richard
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a similar, interesting situation is our very own Host who beat the fraud, Michael, hockey stick, Mann, in court. The whole world was signed up to that but who won in court!
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Eric the Red
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From the mind of a leftist….
Conditional Premise: Freedom of speech means that pure information is conveyed to citizens.
Test of Premise: Is someone conveying misinformation?
Contrapositive to Premise: Misinformation conveyed to citizens means that there is no freedom of speech.
Conclusion: Misinformation must be punished in order to maintain freedom of speech.
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Allan Shelton
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Great… You are right on Eric.
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Ken Hughes
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Good. So when are they going to lock up our politicians for knowingly posting false information about Covid and the vaccines?
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Carbon Bigfoot
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What Mongolian gang bang hatched these afterbirth UK politicians??
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Geraint Hughes
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I have written to every single MP telling them that Climate Crisis is a lie and that this can be demonstrated. Therefore from this point onwards, any of them whom lie about climate crisis can be held accountable under this law.
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Linden
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This is a rash threat. Because if they say someone has posted false information, and it’s proved to be true, that will rather undermine ‘them’ won’t it!
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Mervyn
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Sounds like the UK will be a GULAG if this is true.
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julian
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If you want to know who is trying to control you just check on whom you are not allowed to criticize.
Voltaire
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Colette
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Surely this isn’t about individual persons being liable but about organisatoins or sernior managers in such organisations that provide a ‘regulated service’ – in this case a web-based media service. It could therefore make it difficult to continue for alternative video sites and others that are currently used to provide alternative information on issues such as vaccine safety and efficacy or alternative narratives on other aspects of the current crisis.
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