Timeline for Were over 3,000 persons arrested in Britain for social media posts in 2018?
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| Jun 11 at 11:46 | comment | added | Stuart F | A lot of this will be things like death threats, which are crimes in most places. You can also be arrested for contempt of court in England (including posting stuff online about ongoing legal cases), even though it's not a criminal offence. | |
| Jun 5 at 11:39 | history | edited | Stacker Lee | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
question has had year changed
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| Apr 11, 2023 at 8:03 | vote | accept | pinegulf | ||
| Feb 11, 2023 at 15:42 | comment | added | Barkermn01 | @jpa and anyone else, for future reference in the UK, detained in this manner means arrested, it does not mean imprisoned though, you can be detained for an interview but for them to do that and prevent you from leaving AKA being detained, they must arrest you. | |
| Dec 18, 2022 at 6:18 | comment | added | Eugene | @jpa detained and arrested is being used interchangeably, first 2 paragraphs: "Nine people a day are being arrested for posting allegedly offensive messages online as police step up their campaign to combat social media hate speech. More than 3,300 people were detained and questioned last year over so-called trolling on social media and other online forums, a rise of nearly 50 per cent in two years, according to figures obtained by The Times." 3300 people are 9/day. | |
| Dec 16, 2022 at 11:07 | comment | added | Stacker Lee | @pinegulf I don't know the change in figures; I would assume the quote though is reflecting that source as it is a little too coincidental, in which case it would be a misquote with respect to the year. | |
| Dec 16, 2022 at 11:04 | comment | added | Stacker Lee | @jpa tbf I've been a bit vague, as I can't access the whole article, but this is available openly (and is reflected also in the title): "Nine people a day are being arrested..." | |
| Dec 16, 2022 at 10:59 | comment | added | jpa | This is probably the correct source for the claim. But detained is not the same as arrested, so the original claim is not fully accurate. | |
| Dec 16, 2022 at 10:52 | comment | added | pinegulf | A good find. Could it be that the numbers are consistent in following years as well? | |
| Dec 16, 2022 at 8:11 | history | edited | Oddthinking♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Minor copy-edit. Formatted quote. in-lined link.
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| Dec 16, 2022 at 7:32 | history | answered | Stacker Lee | CC BY-SA 4.0 |