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2025-01-05 21:39:06 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EFA5904A66561746DCCA346A6751EA5CCB18791ACF9C7AA77FDDDFD9A2FEAA85
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Freedom of speech is not absolute. Speech that is not protected by the 1st Amendment: obscenity, child porn, defamation, incitement, threats, fighting words. The man in the OP was arrested under ยง127 of the UK's Communications Act 2003, which criminalizes similar matter. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/127 https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/video-arrest-over-facebook-comments-predates-british-protests-police-say-2024-08-16/ https://www.perplexity.ai/search/is-all-speech-protected-in-the-3A4OtbBiTvups7SnMlxmzQ
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