Signal is aware of the blocks.

“Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia. The app is a popular choice for encrypted messaging and people trying to avoid government censorship, and the blocks appear to be part of a crackdown on internal dissent in both countries…”

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
    12·
    5 months ago

    While I don’t live in the UK I do believe they have protections on free speech.

    If you are concerned you can always hide your identity.

    • Novman@feddit.it
      7·
      5 months ago

      I’m not living in uk, i live in italy. I saw every kind of comment written on italian social networks and i have never seen a conviction. When the police had taken the names of protesters, ( not arrested ) we had a public outcry. We had arrest for direct call for violence, not simply rants. So seeing people jailed for rants on twitter scares me. We have actual fascists and communists, both parties were strong, and we had an actual civil war. We have strong linguistic minorities and regional parties. So a lot of people hating each other. Who decide the right speech in such a situation?

        • Novman@feddit.it
          1·
          5 months ago

          And normaly it is very difficult to be comdemned for a generic rant. It is easier in case of insults or defamtion, but it is mostly an high fee. Jailing a political adversary for a speech ( when we had a lot of political/mafia killing in the past ) is a big no. We had actual people killed for their speech.

      • ivn@jlai.lu
        1·
        5 months ago

        Are people really jailed for rants in the UK? I’ve only seen stories of actual call to violence.

        • Novman@feddit.it
          1·
          5 months ago

          The line between rants and call for violence is quite blurred in some cases IMHO

          • ivn@jlai.luEnglish
            1·
            5 months ago

            Can you give an exemple of such case in the recent events in the UK?