HIGH COURT UPHOLDS RIGHTS OF ‘TRANSPHOBIC’ TWEETER

Earlier this week, in a landmark High Court ruling, an ex-policeman – Harry Miller – won his case against a UK police-force.  The judge ruled that the force’s actions were a ‘disproportionate interference’ with Mr Miller’s right to freedom of expression. Prior to the case, Mr Miller was visited by officers from Humberside Police and told that comments in some of his tweets would be recorded as a non-crime “hate incident”. After the judgement, his…