Doesn't UK arrest a few thousand people a year for social media posts? What are you basing this high degree of trust on?

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FinnKuhn 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

In the UK overall, 64% of the population support police use of facial recognition technology to some degree and only 11% were opposed to its use [1]. The survey also looks at support for different szenarios, but overall many generally did not oppose it, while in the US 47% oppose the use of flock cameras [2].

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-attitudes-... [2] https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/florida-bans-highwa...

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bko 10 hours ago | parent [-]

The Flock stat is interesting because 46% of Americans believe widespread use of facial recognition would be a good thing (27% unsure).

Maybe people oppose Flock because it's not going far enough! Or maybe there is a coordinated campaign against a license plate reader for some weird reason

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2022/03/17/public-more-...

	▲	FinnKuhn 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		My guess would be that opinions just changed since 2022 AND that support for flock might differ from general support.

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venzaspa 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No, it arrests several thousands of people every year for breaches of the communications act(s) - this could be for online harassment, stalking or trying to defraud people over Facebook messenger.

It's the equivalent of 'wire fraud' in the US.

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oklahomasports 9 hours ago | parent [-]

They are arresting them for social media posts. You are lying

	▲	Peanuts99 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Have you got any proof that anyone has been arrested specifically for a social media post? The most common case is Lucy Connolly, who was arrested for inciting racial hatred and pleaded guilty to the crime which carries a prison sentence. Or are you just a random non UK citizen who has been reading disinformation on social media?

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brookst 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Source for “a few thousand”?