Ah, reason 1,000,001 why as bad as the US is, the UK is infinitely worse.
Apparently this guy's account was frozen by an ex parte request from the government. In the US the ability to go ex parte to the judge without any prior notice to the other party is extremely limited- like restraining orders for an imminent threat of violence, or serious crimes where evidence is presented that if you are notified of an investigation or court proceedings you will destroy evidence or flee. Certainly not for what appears to be an entirely civil matter.
It's just authoritarianism wrapped with a thin veneer of "democracy" over there.
Ah, reason 1,000,001 why as bad as the US is, the UK is infinitely worse.
Apparently this guy's account was frozen by an ex parte request from the government. In the US the ability to go ex parte to the judge without any prior notice to the other party is extremely limited- like restraining orders for an imminent threat of violence, or serious crimes where evidence is presented that if you are notified of an investigation or court proceedings you will destroy evidence or flee. Certainly not for what appears to be an entirely civil matter.
It's just authoritarianism wrapped with a thin veneer of "democracy" over there.
This is (the Republic of) Ireland, not the UK.
Yep, gave my mea culpa to m0r1arty when he pointed it out. Not sure what I was thinking.