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I heard the full story of the woman jailed for two years for a tweet

by y_gy on 4/6/25, 12:32 AM with 14 comments

  • by crtasm on 4/6/25, 2:14 AM

    At least a few things this piece doesn't mention - her 10k followers, it being read 310k times and various other messages she posted.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3wkzgpjxvo

  • by readthenotes1 on 4/6/25, 1:18 AM

    The 1st amendment of the US Constitution may have been informed by previous government censorship and fear of totalitarianism.

    "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. "

  • by beardyw on 4/6/25, 6:20 AM

    Next time she should get The Telegraph to help her word these things the way they do.

  • by ivewonyoung on 4/6/25, 1:15 AM

  • by yew on 4/6/25, 5:30 AM

    Sounds like Pearson here needs a few years to cool off, reconsider getting involved with this kind of provocative troublemaking.