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The authorities of the United Kingdom warned its residents this week to watch out of posting materials deemed offensive — threatening imprisonment for individuals who incite “hatred.”
The Crown Prosecution Service posted a warning to social media platform X on Wednesday warning residents to “Think before you post!” amid ongoing riots which have fractured the nation’s polity.
“Content that incites violence or hatred isn’t just harmful – it can be illegal,” the federal government company wrote. “The CPS takes online violence seriously and will prosecute when the legal test is met. Remind those close to you to share responsibly or face the consequences.”
UK GOVERNMENT ‘SCOURING SOCIAL MEDIA’ TO ARREST PEOPLE FOR SHARING ‘HARMFUL’ RIOT FOOTAGE REGARDLESS OF INTENT
Police officers face protesters throughout an anti-immigration demonstration exterior the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham, England. (Danny Lawson/PA through AP)
The CPS added, “The British government is cracking down on people who share social media posts about the U.K. riots that it judges are ‘likely to start racial hatred.'”
The publish was then amplified by the GOV.UK web site’s official account.
Riots have damaged out throughout the U.Okay. in current days over a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance occasion that left three women useless and others wounded.
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Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer (C) listens to Commander Ben Russell (L) subsequent to Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley (again) throughout a go to to Lambeth Police Headquarters in London on August 9, 2024. Starmer mentioned that authorities “have to stay on high alert going into this weekend”, amid fears of additional far-right riots in English cities and cities. (TOBY MELVILLE/POOL/AFP through Getty Images)
The murders, allegedly dedicated by a now 18-year-old British citizen born to Rwandan mother and father, sparked a sequence of violent protests that tapped into broader considerations concerning the scale of immigration within the U.Okay.
Footage of the violent clashes involving anti-immigration protesters and the teams of counter-protesters, a few of whom have been seen waving Palestinian flags, has gone viral on social media, and the federal government is warning that sharing such content material might have critical penalties.
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Counterprotesters collect at Guildhall sq. to face off right-wing protesters after they introduced a protest in Plymouth, United Kingdom. (Photo by Behlul Cetinkaya/Anadolu through Getty Images)
The director of public prosecutions of England and Wales, Stephen Parkinson, beforehand warned in opposition to “publishing or distributing material which is insulting or abusive which is intended to or likely to start racial hatred. So, if you retweet that, then you’re republishing that and then potentially you’re committing that offense [incitement to racial hatred].”
He added additional, “We do have dedicated police officers who are scouring social media. Their job is to look for this material, and then follow up with identification, arrests, and so forth.”
Fox News Digital’s Alexander Hall contributed to this report.
