Chat Control. Who pays when a private joke ends with an F18 escorting your plane

Erratic6576 2y ago ↗

A student from London travels to Menorca with five friends. Before entering the plane, he sends a photo of himself to the private Snapchat group that says: “I'm going to detonate the plane (I'm a member of the Taliban).” When the plane is flying over France, the British intelligence services transmit the allegd threat to their Spanish counterparts, who send two military planes to escort the flight to the island. The prosecution requests a fine of 22,500 euros and civil liability compensation of 94,782 euros, the bill for the F-18s

pestatije 2y ago ↗

isn't that easily defensible?...in the sense that sending escort jets is just a security charade and plain useless

defrost 2y ago ↗

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British man appears in court over bomb joke sent in private message

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90 points|tommoor|3 days ago|112 comments

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British man appears in Spanish court over plane-bomb hoax

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67994140

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