> Have there been real any cases of that? I don't think there has. There's definitely been people locked up for tweeting[1] but that was less "mean" and more

> Have there been real any cases of that? I don't think there has. There's definitely been people locked up for tweeting[1] but that was less "mean" and more "overt racism". (Before the Public Order Act 1986[2], Section 5 was amended in 2013, people were able to be charged for "insults" which was clearly ludicrous.) [1] https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/mar/27/student-jailed-fabrice-muamba-tweets https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/mar/27/student-jailed-fa... [2] Yet another thing to thank Thatcher for. Who, ironically, is probably a hero of the kind of people who go around saying things like "the left will lock you up for saying mean things."