United Kingdom

Content Restrictions:

• A British law titled Public Order 1986, prohibits hate speech directed at certain protected classes even by private citizens
• In 2014, British man Jake Newsome was jailed after posing on social media that he was “glad” a recently attacked British School teacher was murdered, and that he “felt sorry” for the boy accused of her murder.
• A 2021 “Online Safety Bill” proposed in British Parliament requiring social media companies to remove content that is “Legal but harmful” or face penalty of fine

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Photo Citations

• https://time.com/longform/british-parliament-falling-down/