Quote Originally Posted by Andy_Faber View Post
Add me to that list. I?m concerned enough about it personally to have quit as moderator of a fb group (sport based!) where it?s proved difficult to filter out political / anti establishment comments. It?s all getting a bit 1984 as I?ve intimated before
I suppose it’s inevitable that it gets ‘a bit 1984’ given the societal/communication/surveillance changes that have taken place in the last 20 years or so, possibly surpassing the Orwellian vision from 75 years ago.
There are obvious dangers in the policing of what people sometimes say/write and sometimes things will be handled badly, as they always have been in other aspects of law enforcement. Mistakes are made.
On the other hand there is plenty of anti-government chat on forums such as this and I doubt anyone fears prosecution, and in the case of those who used the internet to incite violence and hatred such as was seen during last summer’s riots…I’m all for them being held to account.