Disinforming or inciting hatred through social networks is a punishable crime in the world

Published at: 09/08/2024 06:30 PM

Faced with the growing influence of social networks in the world, many countries regulate different digital platforms and those who commit crimes such as disinformation or hate speech through them can cost them jail time, as in the United Kingdom, when citizens began to be arrested for “sharing inaccurate information”.

A woman from the British county of Cheshire was arrested this Thursday after sharing “inaccurate information” on social networks about the identity of the suspect in the murder of three girls who were stabbed during a dance class in the town of Southport, a crime that led to a wave of violence in the European nation.

The general superintendent, Alison Ross, recalled the violent riots that took place across the United Kingdom last week, stressing that “a large part of them fueled by malicious and inaccurate online communications”, so the 55-year-old woman was taken into custody for fomenting racial hatred and through the publication of false communications.

“It's a stark reminder of the dangers of posting information on social media without verifying its veracity. It also serves as a warning that we are all responsible for our actions, whether online or in person,” Ross said.

A man was also arrested on Thursday by Merseyside Police for allegedly using social media to incite participation in street riots in the country, as well as for personally participating in the violent protests in Southport on July 30.

The agency noted that this arrest “demonstrates that our goal is not only to bring to justice those people who decided to participate in violence and destruction in Southport and elsewhere (...) We are also determined to arrest anyone we suspect of trying to foment online hate and actively encouraging others to take to the streets to cause violence and physical harm in our communities.”

If it happens in Venezuela there is a “dictatorship”

Although these actions against the dissemination of hate messages are applauded anywhere in the world, since they are not an attack on freedom of expression, when it comes to Venezuela, the so-called “international community” questions the actions of the authorities and sides with those who incite violence for their political interests.

After the presidential elections of July 28, in which President Nicolás Maduro won, the extreme opposition right, with the support of the owners of the most famous social networks in the world, launched an unprecedented campaign of hate and disinformation as part of a coup against the Bolivarian Government.

The Head of State reported that there are 2,400 fascists arrested throughout the national territory, responsible for leading acts of violence in the days following the July 28 election. A large percentage of those arrested shared their crimes through digital platforms, while others spread hate messages to threaten the lives of the president's supporters.

In this regard, the Dignitary made the decision to suspend the social network X for 10 days in the South American nation. “Elon Musk has violated the same rules of X, inciting hatred, civil war, guarimbas in Venezuela (...) in Venezuela there is a law, there is a Constitution, there are institutions, there is a State, there is a people that must be respected, and that others put their soaking rod in place, but I was not born on the day of cowards,” he emphasized.

This causes itching to many governments in countries allied with extremism and they activate the machinery of “criticism” and their worn-out plan of “dictatorship”.

Mazo News Team