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STICKER ROW Police Scotland slammed for clampdown on stickers from feminist group opposed to the relaxation of gender self-ID laws Updated: 23 May 2021, 14:32 POLICE Scotland faced anger and ridicule after a clampdown on stickers from a feminist group opposed to the relaxation of gender self-ID laws. The national force was accused of a “chilling” attack on free speech after announcing it was probing the matter as a “hate” crime. 4 Police Scotland have been slammed by a feminist group over a clampdown on stickersCredit: Alamy Officers in Kirkcaldy also urged members of the public to c...

SNP MP Joanna Cherry quote tweeted the original post before it was deleted saying: “Keeping an eye on this. Being controversial is not a crime....Thankfully,” with a winky-face emoji at the end. Other twitter users questioned whether the sticker was the source of the report as they originally mistook it for a joke. The "controversial stickers" had been put up in the Viewforth Avenue area of Kirkcaldy. One woman wrote: “Seriously? That sticker is considered to be hateful enough for the police to involve themselves? “What on earth is happening in Scotland?” Someone else could not hid...

© Susan Dalgety/Twitter Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Police in Fife urged people to report stickers said to be related to a hate crime – before removing a tweet after it was found no laws had been broken. However, officers have since said that no criminality was established following inquiries. The stickers promote the group For Women Scotland (FWS) and displayed hashtags including #waronwomen, #sexnotgender and #nopubertyblockers. Scotland 2021: Where this sticker is deemed “controversial” by our...

© Shutterstock / Tana888 Police Scotland have launched a hate crime enquiry into ‘controversial stickers’ placed on lampposts in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Officers said the hate crime was reported to them on Monday May 17, with enquiries into the stickers ongoing. The exact nature of the message on the stickers was not known, however police confirmed they had been found on lampposts in the Viewforth Avenue area of the Fife town. The force said anyone who comes across stickers of this nature should report it to police or Fife Council to arrange for their removal. A Police Scotland spokesperson sai...