What is an illegal post in the UK? It’s whatever the police want.
What is illegal speech in the UK? It’s whatever the police want.
Such a sad situation will inevitably lead to self-censorship, which is just what the UK Deep State is shooting for.
Oops! I said “shooting”. I suppose that if I visit Britain anytime soon, I’ll be arrested for advocating violence.
Check out Germany. It just opened a rat line so citizens can report each other to their Deep State...
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/germany/germanys-conspiracy-theory-hotline/
There are no laws in Oceania from 1984, why then is it such a terrifying and repressing place?
Answer
The answer to this question lies in the dual nature of laws—on the one hand, they exist so that people will know how to behave, and on the other hand, they exist to protect people from arbitrary accusation and persecution.