UK government could imprison people for looking at terrorist content
New laws will be introduced that could see consumers of terrorist content imprisoned for up to 15 years. The same maximum sentence would face those who share information about police, soldiers or intelligence agencies with a view to organizing terrorist attacks.
These laws are offering particularly harsh sentences but in specific this is one of the first times where a law seeks to put people in prison for what they view. Is this an example of a thought crime where merely thinking about certain content could result in prison? Is 15 years in prison sensible for repeatedly visiting the wrong website? How can they even know whether or not the owner of the computer is the person who viewed the content?
I'm not entirely sure what this law is supposed to accomplish but maybe some UK citizens can tell me how they feel about it?