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>There were 140k recorded hate crimes in 2024 [1]. That's just hate crimes and not the totality of speech crimes. In addition, repeat offenders count for more
by incomingpain 1y ago
>There were 140k recorded hate crimes in 2024 [1].
That's just hate crimes and not the totality of speech crimes.
In addition, repeat offenders count for more than 1.
>So you are correct, "thousands" is an exaggeration.
I'm not in the UK, happy to be wrong; but im pretty sure i wasnt exaggerating is the scary thing.
- like_any_other 1y agoThat's possible. The statistics are unhelpful, since the crimes themselves are nearly obfuscated - e.g. "malicious communications" covers both "indecent of grossly offensive" messages, and threats. Putting such disparate acts into the same legal category seems designed to mislead the public.