The Euro digital iron wall
I posted about England's censorship laws here .
What the left really thinks about censorship and free speech
Monday Brit comic Graham Linehan was arrested upon arrival at Heathrow under the Public Order Act for tweets he made while in the US that were against "trans rights " oooops I mean for women's rights .... .
Comedian Graham Linehan arrested over trans tweets
This was not the new oppressive Online Safety Act which makes it illegal “to cause non-trivial psychological or physical harm to a likely audience.”.
Online Safety Act: new criminal offences circular - GOV.UK
This was a 1980s law that prohibits
using words that cause “harassment, alarm, or distress.”
Public Order Act 1986
This thing is ;his tweets were done in the US where we still have speech protections (for now ) .
If I was a Brit cop I would believe I have more important things than monitoring mean tweets .
But as bad as that is ;it does not approach the EU's Digital Services Act.
Report: European Censorship Accelerates - by Matt Taibbi
Theoretically Americans like Riley Gains ;Elon Musk and even President Trump could all be arrested as they land in any Euro airport.
Trump vs. Europe: The role of the Digital Services Act | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union
The iron curtain is descending on Europe . This time by the so called democracies .
'Iron curtain' speech - The National Archives