In Great Britain, footage of the violent clashes involving anti-immigration protesters and the groups of counter-protesters, some of whom have been seen waving Palestinian flags, has gone viral on social media. The government is now warning that sharing such content may have serious consequences.
One key aspect that makes this apparent crackdown on social media particularly shocking to critics is that the British government is threatening to extradite American citizens from the U.S. to be jailed in the U.K. for violating their rules about political speech online.
American law allows sharing of almost all content on social media, with a few extreme exceptions.
Should any foreign government have the right to extradite American citizens to stand trial for legally sharing content on social media here in the US?