Deric Poston

That if you are a person in America and you're posting horrible shit about the UK government or the immigrant problem or whatever they have, contacts find available information, exact figures 2025, not fully competent, 2023. In 2023, 12,183 arrests were made across 37 police forces in the UK under Section 127 of the Communications Act.

That if you are a person in America and you're posting horrible shit about the UK government or the immigrant problem or whatever they have, contacts find available information, exact figures 2025, not fully competent, 2023. In 2023, 12,183 arrests were made across 37 police forces in the UK under Section 127 of the Communications Act.

That if you are a person in America and you're posting horrible shit about the UK government or the immigrant problem or whatever they have, contacts find available information, exact figures 2025, not fully competent, 2023. In 2023, 12,183 arrests were made across 37 police forces in the UK under Section 127 of the Communications Act.

2003 in Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act in 1988, equating to about 33 arrests per day. Laws cover sending grossly offensive, indecent, obscene, or menacing messages via electronic communication networks, which includes social media posts and also DMs. DMs. So people get arrested for horrible DMs that nobody gets to see other than the friend that you're sending it to, supposedly.

2003 in Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act in 1988, equating to about 33 arrests per day. Laws cover sending grossly offensive, indecent, obscene, or menacing messages via electronic communication networks, which includes social media posts and also DMs. DMs. So people get arrested for horrible DMs that nobody gets to see other than the friend that you're sending it to, supposedly.

2003 in Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act in 1988, equating to about 33 arrests per day. Laws cover sending grossly offensive, indecent, obscene, or menacing messages via electronic communication networks, which includes social media posts and also DMs. DMs. So people get arrested for horrible DMs that nobody gets to see other than the friend that you're sending it to, supposedly.

You have no idea what the context is. That's crazy.

You have no idea what the context is. That's crazy.

You have no idea what the context is. That's crazy.

Right. Okay, that's cute. It's still... horrifying, because what you're doing is scaring people into compliance. They don't want to be arrested again, and they certainly don't want to risk being prosecuted. But they're forcing people to censor themselves.

Right. Okay, that's cute. It's still... horrifying, because what you're doing is scaring people into compliance. They don't want to be arrested again, and they certainly don't want to risk being prosecuted. But they're forcing people to censor themselves.

Right. Okay, that's cute. It's still... horrifying, because what you're doing is scaring people into compliance. They don't want to be arrested again, and they certainly don't want to risk being prosecuted. But they're forcing people to censor themselves.

Well, no, they do have a law. They don't have freedom of speech the way we have in America. So they do have these hate speech laws. So they are breaking a law. But the question is, should that law exist? And I say, no, no, that law should not exist. You shouldn't be able to put someone in a cage for saying, and some of them are not that offensive. Some of them are pretty fucking calm.

Well, no, they do have a law. They don't have freedom of speech the way we have in America. So they do have these hate speech laws. So they are breaking a law. But the question is, should that law exist? And I say, no, no, that law should not exist. You shouldn't be able to put someone in a cage for saying, and some of them are not that offensive. Some of them are pretty fucking calm.

Well, no, they do have a law. They don't have freedom of speech the way we have in America. So they do have these hate speech laws. So they are breaking a law. But the question is, should that law exist? And I say, no, no, that law should not exist. You shouldn't be able to put someone in a cage for saying, and some of them are not that offensive. Some of them are pretty fucking calm.

Oh, only 1,119 sentences occurred for these offenses. Okay, but the problem is now go look at how many people were arrested in Russia. for social media posts. It's drastically less. But we think of Russia as being the country that censors people. China and Russia, that's what you think. Which they do. You can't criticize Putin. You can't go balls out. You're risking your life.

Oh, only 1,119 sentences occurred for these offenses. Okay, but the problem is now go look at how many people were arrested in Russia. for social media posts. It's drastically less. But we think of Russia as being the country that censors people. China and Russia, that's what you think. Which they do. You can't criticize Putin. You can't go balls out. You're risking your life.

Oh, only 1,119 sentences occurred for these offenses. Okay, but the problem is now go look at how many people were arrested in Russia. for social media posts. It's drastically less. But we think of Russia as being the country that censors people. China and Russia, that's what you think. Which they do. You can't criticize Putin. You can't go balls out. You're risking your life.

You're in real trouble. Not excusing that. But what they're doing in the U.K. is at a higher level of magnitude. I mean, maybe they're not torturing people and sending them to the front line of Ukraine. but they are putting the fear of being arrested in people if you say something that they don't want you to say on social media. The jump from 2016 to 2020 is crazy. Look at Russia. 2023, 54 people.

You're in real trouble. Not excusing that. But what they're doing in the U.K. is at a higher level of magnitude. I mean, maybe they're not torturing people and sending them to the front line of Ukraine. but they are putting the fear of being arrested in people if you say something that they don't want you to say on social media. The jump from 2016 to 2020 is crazy. Look at Russia. 2023, 54 people.