The U.K. may have left the EU, but it continues to be ruled in much the same way, certainly when it comes to matters relating to free expression, and particularly when it comes to views expressed online. And Britain’s Labour Government is even less enthusiastic about “wrong tier” free speech than the Conservative governments which preceded it.

And so this news, via the Daily Telegraph, comes as no great surprise

An elite team of police officers is to monitor social media for anti-migrant sentiment amid fears of summer riots.

Detectives will be drawn from forces across the country........

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