#FreeDankula
On the 20th March 2018, Mark Meechan (also known by his stage name ‘Count Dankula’) was found guilty at the Glasgow Sheriff Court of being ‘Grossly Offensive’ under the Communications Act of 2003. The sum total of his crime is that he uploaded a joke video to YouTube in which a small dog gave a Nazi salute. Yes, you read that correctly, a British citizen has been convicted of making a joke. He now faces possible jail time. This is not acceptable in a liberal democracy. It is a gross violation of the principle of free speech and liberty in this country and sets a dangerous precedent for the future. It is dangerous not least because what counts as ‘grossly offensive’ is vague and necessarily ill defined.
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