{"id":12107,"date":"2025-06-04T07:59:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=12107"},"modified":"2025-06-04T07:59:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:59:22","slug":"over-1000-arrested-a-month-for-social-media-posts-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/over-1000-arrested-a-month-for-social-media-posts-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 1,000 Arrested A Month for Social Media Posts in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These numbers are pretty high, but then there is the 33 signal to others in the conspiracy. They want to make you afraid to post against sexual deviants, illegals, Muslims… All the things destroying the society of the UK, and make the peasants get back in their place under the crown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/caldronpool.com\/over-1000-arrested-a-month-for-social-media-posts-in-the-uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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“UK police have made over 12,183 arrests under laws targeting online communications, amounting to an average of 33 arrests per day, and 1,000 arrests per month.”<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

More than 30 people are arrested every day in the United Kingdom over online posts, according to newly released data reported by The Times<\/a>.<\/em> In 2023, UK police made over 12,183 arrests under laws targeting online communications, amounting to an average of 33 arrests per day, and 1,000 arrests per month. This marks a 58% increase from 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The majority of these arrests reportedly fall under two laws:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003<\/em>, which criminalises sending messages that are \u201cgrossly offensive\u201d or of an \u201cindecent, obscene or menacing character\u201d over public electronic networks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988<\/em>, which targets messages intended to cause \u201cdistress or anxiety.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Initially designed to address serious threats and targeted harassment, the laws are now facing criticism for being applied to more ambiguous cases, including political commentary, satire, and off-colour humour. Free speech advocates argue that the legislation is overly subjective and warn that it may be enforced selectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Despite the sharp increase in arrests, the number of actual convictions remains relatively low. In 2023, only 1,119 people were convicted, down from 1,995 convictions in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Nevertheless, civil liberties advocates argue that the damage of an arrest alone, regardless of conviction, can have lasting consequences. Being arrested, even without a conviction, can result in mental distress, increased anxiety, public shaming, police scrutiny, and long-term stigma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Naturally, the surge in enforcement has drawn criticism from free speech advocates and commentators, who warn of a growing \u201cchilling effect\u201d on public discourse: citizens are increasingly self-censoring simply out of fear of arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Advocates for reform are calling on the UK government to review the legislation, warning that the vague and subjective nature of the current laws may be infringing upon basic freedoms. At issue, they argue, is the balance between protecting individuals from genuine harm and preserving the right to free expression in an open society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    However, when fear silences the people, \u201cdemocracy\u201d and the notion of a \u201cfree\u201d or \u201copen\u201d society become mere illusions. When only state-approved speech is permitted, freedom of expression is dead. You are no longer a free citizen, but an echo of the government\u2019s approved narrative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    These numbers are pretty high, but then there is the 33 signal to others in the conspiracy. They want to make you afraid to post against sexual deviants, illegals, Muslims… All the things destroying the society of the UK, and make the peasants get back in their place under the crown. https:\/\/caldronpool.com\/over-1000-arrested-a-month-for-social-media-posts-in-the-uk\/ “UK police have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12109,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12107\/revisions\/12109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}