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New extremism definition unveiled by government (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 6 months ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] Hol@feddit.uk 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Under the new definition, which comes into force on Thursday, extremism is "the promotion or advancement of an ideology based on violence, hatred or intolerance, that aims to: negate or destroy the fundamental rights and freedoms of others; or undermine, overturn or replace the UK's system of liberal parliamentary democracy and democratic rights; or intentionally create a permissive environment for others to achieve the results in (1) or (2)

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Organisations or individuals added to the list will not be criminalised, unlike terrorist groups. Instead, they will be barred from contact with government and will not be able to receive government funding.

Looks like we’re finally going to separate church and state!

[–] Wodge@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We're also gonna ban the Tories!

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

And GB News
And The Daily Mail
And The Express
And the current director of the BBC