{"id":424421,"date":"2022-03-31T16:58:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T13:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/uk-man-sentenced-to-community-service-for-offensive-tweet\/"},"modified":"2022-03-31T16:58:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T13:58:58","slug":"uk-man-sentenced-to-community-service-for-offensive-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/uk-man-sentenced-to-community-service-for-offensive-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"#UK man sentenced to community service for &#8216;offensive&#8217; tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407ee5d245d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407ee5d245d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/uk-man-sentenced-to-community-service-for-offensive-tweet\/#%E2%80%9CUK_man_sentenced_to_community_service_for_%E2%80%98offensive_tweet%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;UK man sentenced to community service for &#8216;offensive&#8217; tweet&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CUK_man_sentenced_to_community_service_for_%E2%80%98offensive_tweet%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;UK man sentenced to community service for &#8216;offensive&#8217; tweet&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> user who was convicted in UK court of posting a \u201cgrossly offensive\u201d tweet about a war veteran has reportedly been sentenced to 150 hours of community service.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Kelly, a 36-year-old man from Glasgow, posted a tweet last year about Captain Sir Thomas Moore, a British war veteran who became a national icon for raising money for healthcare workers in 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only good Brit soldier is a deed one, burn auld fella buuuuurn,\u201d Kelly wrote on Twitter in February 2021 on the day after Moore died.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kelly was drunk, almost immediately regretted sending the tweet and then deleted the it after about 20 minutes, his attorney Tony Callahan said, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/news\/20031940.joseph-kelly-spared-jail-tweet-captain-tom-moore\/\">according<\/a> to Scottish <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper The National.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis level of criminality was a drunken post, at a time when he was struggling emotionally, which he regretted and almost instantly removed,\u201d Callahan reportedly said, adding that Kelly only had a handful of followers at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe accepts he was wrong,\u201d Callahan added. \u201cHe did not anticipate what would h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en. He took steps almost immediately to delete the tweet but the genie was out of the bottle by then.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Captain-Sir-Tom-Moore-90.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21727988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Captain-Sir-Tom-Moore-90.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Captain-Sir-Tom-Moore-90.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Captain-Sir-Tom-Moore-90.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cThe only good Brit soldier is a deed one, burn auld fella buuuuurn,\u201d Joseph Kelly reportedly wrote after Captain Sir Thomas Moore\u2019s death.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">PA Images via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nevertheless, British prosecutors were pushing for jail time under a controversial <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2003\/21\/section\/127\">UK law<\/a> punishing online posts that are \u201cgrossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character\u201d with up to six months behind bars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Adrian Cottam, who was responsible for Kelly\u2019s sentencing, reportedly said in court that his punishment was important for \u201cdeterrence.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important for other people to realize how quickly things can get out of control,\u201d Cottam reportedly said. \u201cYou are a good example of that, not having many followers.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Lanark-Sheriff-Court-92.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Scottish court\" class=\"wp-image-21728009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Lanark-Sheriff-Court-92.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Lanark-Sheriff-Court-92.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Lanark-Sheriff-Court-92.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cAs soon as you press the blue button that\u2019s it,\u201d said Sheriff Adrian Cottam, who sentenced Kelly. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">PA Images via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe deterrence is really to show people that despite the steps you took to try and recall matters, as soon as you press the blue button that\u2019s it,\u201d Cottam added.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly was found guilty under Section 127 of the UK\u2019s Communications Act., which is set to be replaced by the country\u2019s sweeping Online Safety Bill. Critics, however, fret that the new legislation will also result in prosecutions similar to Kelly\u2019s, slapping citizens with harsh penalties over messages deemed \u201charmful\u201d based on vague notions of public morality.<\/p>\n<p>Other Brits who have been convicted under the same law as Kelly include a law student who was sentenced to community service for sending racist messages to a soccer player and a woman who posted songs about Holocaust denial on YouTube.\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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