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I have been recorded by my local police force as 'hateful'

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Spero · 31/07/2020 09:15

Dear All

I am posting here in case I 'disappear' from Twitter. I set out the background here if you want to read more.
twitter.com/SVPhillimore/status/1289109245280100353?s=20

In a nutshell I made a Subject Access Request of Wiltshire police after a Twitter account boasted I now had a 'record for life' of my 'hate'. The police disclosed to me 12 pages of screenshots that were not hateful in the least; they were mainly discussions about the GC debate that have been confirmed as protected political speech.

I have requested this is deleted; the Information Management Team at Wiltshire have declined so I will go through their appeal process, eventually to the PCC and then judicial review.

I am writing to urge ANYONE who publishes on line about gender ID etc in their own name or is otherwise readily identifiable, to make a SAR of you own force to see what is recorded against you; you will not be told.

If there are others in the same position as me it might be sensible to consider joining forces in some kind of class action.

hopefully I will know by the autumn if I am going for JR.

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ThinEndoftheWedge · 31/07/2020 09:50

This is chilling.

Many thanks for all your work on this.

Anonymum263 · 31/07/2020 09:47

What @stillathing said.

Thanks for making us aware of this.

stillathing · 31/07/2020 09:46

Thanks for being willing to see this through.

stillathing · 31/07/2020 09:46

This is absolutely awful!

When you set this against the fact misogyny is not a hate crime & victims of DV often feel its not safe for them to report & rape is practically legal.

How the fuck are women supposed to put up with this level of structural inequality? Our tax money contributes to a system that is set against us.

Apollo440 · 31/07/2020 09:46

This is absolutely deliberate and part of the TRA campaign strategy to increase the recorded hate incidents. These are now regularly quoted back (unquestioned) in media communications.

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Spero · 31/07/2020 09:40

@Melroses

archive.is/Nwbzz

Twitter thread archived in case of banning.

thank you!
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Spero · 31/07/2020 09:40

I hope they do refuse to delete. This needs to be before a court. What is happening is wrong and cannot be left unchecked.

once this kind of authoritarian over reach gets a foot hold in one area, it will spread to ALL.

We can't be complacent about this.

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RoyalCorgi · 31/07/2020 09:40

This is insane. Hasn't it occurred to them how easy it is for people just to use this as a way of score-settling? We could all of us start reporting the tweets of people we don't like.

highame · 31/07/2020 09:36

A class action is a really good idea. I don't use twitter much, so I doubt I'm much of a threat, but those who do really should check.

Sometimes we're a bit lazy but a bit of work now might bring about huge benefits

NonnyMouse1337 · 31/07/2020 09:33

It's really disgraceful and I hope this gets wider public attention. I wish you all the luck and that more people with similar issues come forward so any legal case gets further traction.

Melroses · 31/07/2020 09:32

archive.is/Nwbzz

Twitter thread archived in case of banning.

Winesalot · 31/07/2020 09:21

I saw this and shared it on a thread the other day. I wish you all the luck in the world spero for the appeal so that you are saved from further stress.

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