The UK Crown Prosecution Service has issued updated guidance warning citizens that filming, photographing, or sharing footage of the Unite the Kingdom event — or similar gatherings — may subject them to prosecution under the Public Order Act 1986 for "stirring up racial or religious hatred." Prosecutors have been instructed to assess not only the content of videos and images but also the "wider context," including captions, hashtags, edits, comments, and "audience reach" when determining whether posts constitute an offence.
This means that merely recording reality in public and uploading it to social media — or even sharing someone else's footage — can now be treated as a criminal act depending on how the material is presented online. The guidance effectively criminalizes speech and documentation based on subjective interpretation of "context," marking another escalation in the UK's crackdown on free expression and citizen journalism.
I’m surprised they didn’t announce extra football games with free entry and meat pies on the same day.
The public service are getting desperate.
Can’t wait for people to realise that the UK Crown Prosecution Service are just public servants writing laws to protect THEIR system, that public service police arrest you for “breaking”, bring you to a public service judge who finds you guilty, and hands you over to a public servant prison officer who throws you into jail, all paid for with your stolen taxes.
The UK Crown Prosecution Service has issued updated guidance warning citizens that filming, photographing, or sharing footage of the Unite the Kingdom event — or similar gatherings — may subject them to prosecution under the Public Order Act 1986 for "stirring up racial or religious hatred." Prosecutors have been instructed to assess not only the content of videos and images but also the "wider context," including captions, hashtags, edits, comments, and "audience reach" when determining whether posts constitute an offence.
This means that merely recording reality in public and uploading it to social media — or even sharing someone else's footage — can now be treated as a criminal act depending on how the material is presented online. The guidance effectively criminalizes speech and documentation based on subjective interpretation of "context," marking another escalation in the UK's crackdown on free expression and citizen journalism.
SOURCE: https://x.com/Artemisfornow/status/2055558141740192070
I’m surprised they didn’t announce extra football games with free entry and meat pies on the same day.
The public service are getting desperate.
Can’t wait for people to realise that the UK Crown Prosecution Service are just public servants writing laws to protect THEIR system, that public service police arrest you for “breaking”, bring you to a public service judge who finds you guilty, and hands you over to a public servant prison officer who throws you into jail, all paid for with your stolen taxes.