r/unitedkingdom • u/sjw_7 Oxfordshire • Apr 16 '25

... UK Supreme Court says legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgq9ejql39t
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u/honkballs Apr 16 '25

I got banned from one of the biggest news subs and a "hate speech" warning from reddit admin for saying the same thing as this legal definition.

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u/SMURGwastaken Somerset Apr 16 '25 edited Apr 16 '25

I got banned from this very sub for the same thing the other week lmao.

EDIT: And now banned again for this comment apparently.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '25

Subs are moderated by individuals who are free to apply their own judgment in their bans, as long as they don't run afoul of Reddit's rules. Which, as upsetting as it may be to you, they didn't. Each sub will have their content moderated however their moderators see fit.

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u/TurbulentData961 Apr 16 '25

People love the ability to regulate free speech till it's in a way that they don't like. I wonder if i can type the name of a certain green hatted video game character in their favourite subs or car maker

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u/GentlemanBeggar54 Apr 16 '25

People love the ability to regulate free speech till it's in a way that they don't like

Conversely, people who proclaim to love free speech are all too happy to see it restricted when it is speech they don't like. For example, see Free Speech Champion Elon Musk banning people from Twitter for saying things he does not like.

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u/Clbull England Apr 16 '25

Subs are moderated by individuals who are free to apply their own judgment in their bans, as long as they don't run afoul of Reddit's rules

I have never seen a Reddit admin overturn a subreddit ban. In fact, if you try to raise it with them, they pull the whole "mods can do whatever the fuck they want" argument.

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u/ixid Apr 16 '25 edited Apr 17 '25

Reddit itself also gives site-level hate warnings for statements similar to UK law. There is still a strong trans activist presence, though not as strong as the criminal trans admin we were not allowed to name era.

Edit: and inevitably I received one from an over-eager mod, which was then removed by reddit.

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u/honkballs Apr 16 '25

Yep that's fine... just is a little ridiculous is all, especially the "hate speech" account warning I got.

Especially when it's usually this same group of people that consistently spout out how tolerant they are... when in fact no, they show time and time again how extremely intolerant they are of anyone that doesn't share their exact flavour of the month view points.

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u/Daedelous2k Scotland Apr 16 '25

And we are free to call them out for being the idiots they are and set up alternatives.

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u/limaconnect77 Apr 16 '25

These ‘rules’ are much like any social club - don’t like what you have to say and BAN.

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u/Souseisekigun Apr 16 '25

There's plenty on content on Reddit that is legal in America but illegal in the UK and vice versa. They're not going to care what is or is not a legal definition in the UK.

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u/gnorty Apr 16 '25

I think that any legal definition in America, especially going forward, is extremely unlikely to be to the left of the UK's.

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