Extremists will have to get posts on Facebook and Twitter approved in advance by the police under sweeping rules planned by the Conservatives.
They will also be barred from speaking at public events if they represent a threat to “the functioning of democracy”, under the new Extremist Disruption Orders.
Theresa May, the Home Secretary, will lay out plans to allow judges to ban people from broadcasting or protesting in certain places, as well as associating with specific people.
The plans — to be brought in if the Conservatives win the election in May — are part of a wide-ranging set of rules to strengthen the Government’s counter-terrorism strategy.
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First off, I'm an American. I do not claim to be an expert on British politics, but quite frankly, this is appalling. 'Extremists' can be literally anyone as defined by a shadowy government authority, operating with no external oversight. I think it will very quickly devolve into mass censorship of dissenting opinion - precisely the thing that makes liberal democracies work. What say you, NSG?