{"id":2322353,"date":"2024-08-10T11:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T15:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-police-commish-threatens-to-come-after-even-us-citizens-like-elon-musk-for-exercising-free-speech\/"},"modified":"2024-08-10T11:34:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T15:34:08","slug":"uk-police-commish-threatens-to-come-after-even-us-citizens-like-elon-musk-for-exercising-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-police-commish-threatens-to-come-after-even-us-citizens-like-elon-musk-for-exercising-free-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Police Commish Threatens to &#8216;Come After&#8217; Even US Citizens Like Elon Musk for Exercising Free Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuk-police-commish-threatens-to-come-after-even-us-citizens-like-elon-musk-for-exercising-free-speech%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2322353&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/easter-is-the-worlds-most-historically-verified-holiday\/\" title=\"Easter Is The World\u2019s Most Historically Verified Holiday\">text\u200b discusses<\/a> the escalating situation in the UK following recent \u200driots, sparked by the \u2063tragic deaths of \u200cthree young girls \u2064during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyers-for-dc-anti-abortion-activist-applaud-chip-roy-for-face-act-repeal-bill\/\" title=\"DC anti-abortion activists&#039; lawyers praise Chip Roy for introducing a bill to repeal the FACE Act.\">violent \u2062incident<\/a>. The chief of London&#8217;s Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, has issued \u200ca controversial warning targeting individuals, including those abroad, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/popular-irish-singer-literally-gets-canceled-after-slamming-puberty-blockers-5-hour-radio-tribute-nixed\/\" title=\"Irish singer canceled for criticizing puberty blockers - Radio tribute canceled.\">express dissenting opinions<\/a> about ongoing events on social media, signaling\u2062 a crackdown on what he calls &#8220;thought crime.&#8221; This\u2064 warning potentially includes \u2064prominent figures like Elon \u2064Musk.<\/p>\n<p>As riots \u200dbroke out across England, the narrative shifted from concerns about misinformation regarding the suspect, who was later\u2063 revealed to be\u200b a\u200c Welsh national of Rwandan \u200bdescent, to broader societal issues stemming \u2063from immigration and \u2064unemployment. Amidst the chaos, the government\u2019s focus appears\u2064 selective, targeting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-issues-proclamation-on-tulsa-race-massacre-calls-on-americans-to-eradicate-systemic-racism\/\" title=\"Biden Issues Proclamation On Tulsa Race Massacre, Calls On Americans To \u2018Eradicate Systemic Racism\u2019\">white rioters<\/a>\u200c while\u2062 downplaying \u2063the violence from opposing groups.<\/p>\n<p>Rowley&#8217;s declarations about the legal repercussions for online speech have stirred serious debate over freedom of expression in\u2064 the UK.\u200b He stated that individuals who provoke\u2064 hatred online could\u200d face prosecution, stating, \u201cBeing a keyboard warrior does not \u2063make you safe from \u2064the\u200c law.\u201d \u200bThis unprecedented stance \u200draises questions about the implications of extraditing individuals, like \u200bMusk, for online remarks made from outside\u2063 the\u2064 UK.<\/p>\n<p>the \u200btext highlights growing concerns regarding the UK\u2063 government&#8217;s approach \u200cto managing public dissent and freedom of speech, amid civil unrest and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ambassador-resigns-over-bidens-inhumane-decision-to-deport-haitians\/\" title=\"Ambassador resigns over Biden\u2019s \u2018inhumane\u2019 decision to deport Haitians\">political instability<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s long been a known fact that the United Kingdom&rsquo;s dysfunctional legal system likes to punish thought criminals. That&rsquo;s already problematic for those who value individual freedoms, but why stop at those who speak&nbsp;<em>inside<\/em> the borders of the U.K.?<\/p>\n<p>In what might be the most deluded and grandiose threat yet made by a sitting British state official since riots have consumed the country over the past few weeks &mdash; which really is saying something, if you&rsquo;ve been following &mdash; the chief of London&rsquo;s Metropolitan Police warned those who Have Opinions&trade; on what&rsquo;s happening in the U.K. and post them on social media, even if they&rsquo;re abroad.<\/p>\n<p>That includes, by the way, Elon Musk, who has posted extensively about the U.K.&rsquo;s crackdown on free speech in the wake of the riots.<\/p>\n<p>So, just to get you up to speed in case you haven&rsquo;t been following this story: As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/the-truth-about-the-violent-riots-in-the-u-k-crime-immigration-bb2e6122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> notes, on July 29, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kids-taylor-swift-event-targeted-horror-movie-knife-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three girls between the ages of 6 and 9<\/a> were killed by a 17-year-old individual at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event. A day later, white residents began rioting in Southport, the Liverpool suburb where it happened.<\/p>\n<p>Within days, white mobs rioted throughout England and the U.K., often facing non-white and far-left counter-protesters who made the violence worse and were rioters themselves. (The media, the police and British politicians all tended to de-emphasize this element, although it certainly didn&rsquo;t take a lot of looking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/uk-news-station-cuts-feed-muslim-protesters-surround-reporter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uncover it<\/a> if you were <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/visegrad24\/status\/1819713140617015356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">so inclined<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Initially, politicians thought this was mostly caused by disinformation and misinformation about the underage suspect, including reports that he was a foreign-born Muslim who had illegally immigrated to Britain aboard a boat.<\/p>\n<p>Later, when they took the unprecedented step of releasing the boy&rsquo;s information &mdash; revealing he was a Welsh-born youth of Rwandan parents and that there was no evidence the stabbing was &ldquo;terror-related&rdquo; &mdash; it turned out that the riots had less to do with the specifics of the crime than general discontent. In a paywalled article at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/article\/the-unfashionable-truth-about-the-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.K. Spectator<\/a>, commentator Douglas Murray does an admirable job of spelling out what the Biden administration might call the &ldquo;root causes&rdquo; of the resentment-turned-violence. (Spoiler alert: unfettered immigration encouraged by both sides of the U.K. political aisle and concomitant unemployment for native-born Britons.)<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&rsquo;t just that the British government wanted to crack down on the rioters, which is good, or that they seem to simply be focused on the white rioters whose cause could be considered right-wing in its general political bearing; even if this seemed selective, if that was a tack that managed to stop the mass violence in its tracks, it might still seem slightly (<em>very<\/em> slightly) defensible.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, it&rsquo;s the fact that Britain wants to crack down on thoughtcrime, particularly that expressed on social media. And, while everyone from U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer to the police who will presumably be doing the arresting has been notably vague about what this thoughtcrime might entail, one imagines everyone who points out the unpopular root causes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chaos-hits-british-town-deadly-attack-kids-event-sparks-residents-fury\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">of the violence<\/a> will end up in their sights.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, we have Sir Mark Rowley, head of the Metropolitan Police, telling Sky News that he&rsquo;s absolutely willing to extradite &ldquo;keyboard warrior[s]&rdquo; who run afoul of authorities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will throw the full force of the law at people. And whether you&rsquo;re in this country committing crimes on the streets or committing crimes from further afield online, we will come after you,&rdquo; he said on Sky.<\/p>\n<p>The reporter then asked about &ldquo;the likes of Elon Musk&rdquo; commenting and what he would do &ldquo;when it comes to dealing with people who are whipping up this kind of behavior from behind the keyboard who may be in a different country?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Being a keyboard warrior does not make you safe from the law. You can be guilty of offenses of incitement, of stirring up racial hatred, there are numerous terrorist offenses regarding the publishing of material,&rdquo; he responded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All of those offenses are in play if people are provoking hatred and violence on the streets, and we will come after those individuals just as we will physically confront on the streets the thugs and the yobs who are taking &mdash; who are causing the problems for communities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley threatens to EXTRADITE and imprison American citizens over online posts.<\/p>\n<p>He does not rule out Elon Musk. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AUJhEgTTtJ\">pic.twitter.com\/AUJhEgTTtJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1821934374675206485?\">August 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This isn&rsquo;t an idle threat for a number of reasons, especially concerning Musk. First, as previously stated, the X impresario and Tesla\/SpaceX industry titan has been fairly vocal on his own platform about the way the U.K. is using the riots as a pretext to criminalize certain speech:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is actually happening <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/50NdFdlZfi\">https:\/\/t.co\/50NdFdlZfi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1821484484421710302?\">August 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"art\">&#127919; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A0KZtLbnF6\">https:\/\/t.co\/A0KZtLbnF6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1822149783735107805?\">August 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Support freedom of speech in the UK!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1821961409413947616?\">August 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Second, social media has been targeted with unusual zeal as a whipping boy in this case, and by politicians who have not shown the slightest inclination to defend personal freedom in the past.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-climate-protesters-deface-stonehenge-tourist-desperately-tries-stop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prime Minister Starmer<\/a>, a hole in the air filled with vague progressive ideas that make Old Labour voters happy, has shown willingness to use new authoritarian techniques to root them out &mdash; specifically, those on social media, and particularly those in charge of it. When it came to the companies, he said that they were allowing &ldquo;violent disorder&rdquo; to be &ldquo;whipped up online.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Follow that line to its natural progression to Rowley&rsquo;s threat to extradite those abroad, or arrest them if they set foot on U.K. soil, and you can see why Musk would make a tempting target.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, even attempting to get an extradition order for any great number of everyday Americans who spoke up about the proximal causes of the rioting and the sheer giddiness of public officials to opportunistically use the occasion for encroachment on freedom of speech and freedom from Big Brother-style governance would be impossible. Getting just&nbsp;<em>one<\/em> U.S. citizen extradited, though? That&rsquo;s pretty easy, albeit not quite so easy when it&rsquo;s one of the world&rsquo;s richest men. Perhaps the struggle would be so high-profile, however, that it&rsquo;d be worth the L for British officials; all the better to warn the world what happens when you cross the folks at <a href=\"https:\/\/study.com\/academy\/lesson\/video\/ingsoc-in-1984.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ingsoc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, to actually&nbsp;<em>do<\/em> it risks whipping up anti-British sentiment in a nation with a Second Amendment, 400 million guns, and a willingness &mdash; as demonstrated during the Revolutionary War &mdash; to sneak up on Brits and tear them to shreds on the battlefield as they slept on Christmas Eve. This probably won&rsquo;t work out as they planned if they hope to get an extradition.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, one needn&rsquo;t wonder what this means when speaking truth about other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/transgender-runner-18-years-older-female-competitors-awarded-medal-finish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">politically uncomfortable subjects<\/a> for the left. It might not lead to any sort of extradition, but it&rsquo;ll certainly lead to a hassle. This might be the first time you&rsquo;ve ever heard a British official implicitly threaten Americans with a crime for what they say on American soil. 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Recently, in what could be considered one of the most misguided and exaggerated threats from a British government official amid ongoing riots across the country, London&#8217;s Metropolitan Police chief cautioned anyone expressing opinions about current events on social media\u2014even if they are located outside the U.K. This includes figures like Elon Musk, who has been vocal about Britain&#8217;s restrictions on free speech following these disturbances.<\/p>\n<p>To provide some context: On July 29, three young girls aged 6 to 9 were tragically killed by a 17-year-old at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event. The next day saw white residents rioting in Southport, where this incident occurred. In subsequent days, white mobs engaged in riots throughout England and the U.K., often clashing with non-white and far-left counter-protesters who exacerbated the violence (a detail that was largely downplayed by media outlets and politicians).<\/p>\n<p>Initially, officials attributed these riots to misinformation regarding the underage suspect&#8217;s background\u2014rumors suggested he was an illegal immigrant from abroad. However, when authorities released his identity\u2014revealing he was Welsh with Rwandan heritage and that there was no evidence linking his actions to terrorism\u2014it became clear that broader societal discontent fueled these riots rather than specific details of this crime.<\/p>\n<p>In an article for The Spectator behind a paywall, commentator Douglas Murray effectively outlines what might be termed as &#8220;root causes&#8221; of this unrest: unchecked immigration policies supported by both major political parties alongside rising unemployment among native Britons.<\/p>\n<p>The government&#8217;s response has not only focused on addressing rioters\u2014which is commendable\u2014but also appears selectively aimed at white rioters whose motivations may align with right-wing ideologies. While such targeting could seem somewhat defensible if it curbed violence effectively, it raises concerns about their intent to suppress dissenting thoughts expressed online.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Mark Rowley of Metropolitan Police stated on Sky News that he is prepared to extradite &#8220;keyboard warriors&#8221; who violate laws from abroad: \u201cWe will throw the full force of law at people&#8230; whether you\u2019re committing crimes here or online from elsewhere.\u201d When asked specifically about comments made by individuals like Elon Musk while outside Britain\u2019s jurisdiction, Rowley asserted that being an online commentator does not exempt one from legal repercussions related to incitement or stirring racial hatred.<\/p>\n<p>This threat carries weight for several reasons\u2014especially concerning Musk himself. He has actively criticized how U.K. authorities are using recent events as justification for limiting free speech rights:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is actually happening,&#8221; Musk tweeted recently regarding these developments.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, social media platforms have come under intense scrutiny as scapegoats in this situation; politicians previously indifferent towards personal freedoms now seek authoritarian measures against them\u2014particularly targeting those active on social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Keir Starmer accused tech companies of allowing \u201cviolent disorder\u201d to escalate online\u2014a sentiment echoed in Rowley&#8217;s threats against potential offenders abroad\u2014including high-profile figures like Musk. While extraditing numerous Americans over their comments would be impractical due to logistical challenges; pursuing even one individual could serve as a cautionary tale against crossing British authorities\u2014a move likely fraught with complications given historical tensions between Britain and America over such matters.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately though it may not lead directly toward extradition proceedings; voicing unpopular truths surrounding politically sensitive topics will undoubtedly result in backlash or harassment for those involved\u2014a stark reminder that British officials are willing to extend their reach beyond national borders when it comes down defending their narrative against dissenting voices<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2322354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture-91.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[16097,32192,32311,37760,37759],"class_list":["post-2322353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-law-enforcement","tag-elon-musk","tag-free-speech","tag-overseas-citizens","tag-uk-police"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture-91.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2322353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2322354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}