If they arrested every TBP commenter who posted an “offensive” comment they would arrest 3,395 people in a week. Every other comment is offensive to someone. Jesus Christ, what has happened to the UK? And how long before it happens here? We know firsthand this story is true. HollyO arrived on TBP and wrote a couple fantastic articles and was fined and threatened by the UK police into silence. The 1984 surveillance state has arrived in the UK. The UK police can blow me. Is that considered offensive?
British Police Arrest At Least 3,395 People for ‘Offensive’ Online Comments in One Year
British police forces arrested at least nine people a day for “offensive” online comments last year.
Figures obtained by The Times through the Freedom of Information Act reveal that 3,395 people across 29 forces were arrested last under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003, which makes it illegal to intentionally “cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another”, in 2016.
The true figure is likely to be significantly higher, as thirteen police forces refused to provide the requested information and two did not provide usable data.
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