Whatever happened to the Scots sigh

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Police have arrested a 40-year old man in Scotland over a number of allegedly “offensive” Facebook posts about refugees.

Police in Scotland said that a man had been held under the Communications Act, which bans “grossly offensive” and “menacing” posts on online platforms.

The Facebook posts in question, which were not released to the media, allegedly concerned comments about Syrian refugees from Rothersay, on the Scottish Island of Bute, where several refugee families have settled as part of the UK government’s settlement program.

A spokesman from the the Dunoon police station in Argyll said, “I hope that the arrest of this individual sends a clear message that Police Scotland will not tolerate any form of activity which could incite hatred and provoke offensive comments on social media.

This follows news in late January that police in the Netherlands were visiting the homes of citizens who made posts that were deemed overly-critical of the Dutch government’s policies towards refugees. It also follows Facebook’s announcement that it would work with European governments, particularly Germany, to track and clamp down on hostility towards migrants on the platform.

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/02/16/british-man-arrested-for-facebook-posts-about-refugees/

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Over the winter volunteers on Bute have staffed a pop-up community centre, based in a church hall, allowing the refugees – who are mainly from rural backgrounds – to get to know one another as well as providing a focus for visits from education and social workers.

Soon after the arrival of the first Syrian refugees to Scotland last November, the SNP MP Mhairi Black criticised the “ignorant bile and thinly veiled racism” that she encountered online, which linked the refugees to the recent terrorist attacks in Paris.

The day before the first arrivals touched down at Glasgow airport, Humza Yousaf, the chair of the refugee taskforce that has coordinated the resettlement programme, and the Scottish government’s only Muslim minister, confirmed he had informed police of the Islamophobic abuse he received on social media.

But Yousaf has since praised the public’s response to the refugee crisis, saying: “I am deeply proud of the Scottish people who have extended the warmest possible hand of friendship to our newest neighbours.”

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/16/man-arrested-facebook-posts-syrian-refugees-scotland