British PR Pro Sent to Jail for 'Inciting Racial Hatred' via Twitter
So, these are PR skills on display?!
Meet Matthew Doyle, 46, a British publicist, who was arrested and later released under Section 19 of the Public Order Act for confronting a Muslim woman on Twitter and subsequently inciting racial hatred.
In case you don’t live in England, you may not be familiar with the 1986 Public Order Act, which explicitly discusses “acts intended to stir up racial hatred.”
A person who publishes or distributes written material which is threatening, abusive or insulting is guilty of an offence if—
(a) he intends thereby to stir up racial hatred, or
(b) having regard to all the circumstances racial hatred is likely to be stirred up thereby.
So, you’re the PR pro.
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