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Do you have a source for the 12k arrested in the UK? I'm asking because all I could find was a list on Twitter that didn't cite any sources itself and also had
by jojomodding 7mo ago
Do you have a source for the 12k arrested in the UK?
I'm asking because all I could find was a list on Twitter that didn't cite any sources itself and also had very implausible numbers (including he 12k/year for the UK). Implausible based on the lived reality of friends of mine living in e.g. the UK or Germany.
- gzread 7mo agoAnd I want to know the social media posts they got arrested for
- SanjayMehta 7mo agoHow does it matter? You can't go around exporting your flavour of free speech at the point of a gun while arresting your own people for yapping on X. The definition of hypocrisy.
- SanjayMehta 7mo agohttps://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2025/09/09/people-are-being-thrown-in-uk-prisons-over-what-theyve-said-online-can-free-speech-be-saved/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2025/09/09/people-a...
- hunterpayne 7mo agoIts an extrapolation based upon UK government arrest figures. It assumes everyone arrested ended up in jail. I have no idea if that is true or not but there are already plenty of documented cases of jail time for social media posts. Hope this helps. PS 12k a year is more people than Russia jails a year for speech violations.
- gzread 7mo agoWhat were the people saying?