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▲ semiquaver 33 minutes ago

No, the UK’s equivalent law specifically requires human intent and mens rea:

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/18/section/3 (1b.)

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/18/section/1 (1c.)

I’m told that the UK is a relatively authoritarian country where citizens have no real rights, so perhaps it can be charged anyway, but the plain language of the statute would seem to bar it.