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[–] Avatar_of_Self@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Her tweet was in response to an anti-hate law (Hate Crime and Public Order Act) this year, where you could spend up to 7 years in prison for example, communicating in a way "that a reasonable person would consider to be threatening or abusive." So, if charged in Scotland, she could go to prison.

Though she's rich, so probably not.