In this clip, we revisit a landmark UK legal case arising from the policing of speech and online complaints.

A High Court judge condemned the actions of Humberside Police in extraordinary terms — comparing them to the Stasi, Cheka, and Gestapo — and dismissed the original complaint as operating “on the outer edges of rationality.”

Yet despite this, the judge upheld the lawfulness of the national guidance that enabled such policing. That contradiction became the real battleground.

The case went to the Court of Appeal, where — one year later — the guidance itself was struck down, setting a vital precedent for free speech and the limits of police power.

▶️ Watch to understand what was really at stake — and why this ruling matters far beyond one individual case.