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		doublerabbit 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threaten... > In London, a barrister who held up a blank piece of paper in Parliament Square was asked for his details by Metropolitan Police officers, and told that he would be arrested under the Public Order Act if he wrote "Not My King" on the paper. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank_paper_protest

hnlmorg 10 months ago [–]

Already commented on here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43040546

In short, he wasn’t charged yet when similar protests happen in the US (for example) then people do get charged.

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