Why is the UK Oppressing Its Own People?
British police have arrested 62,199 people for communications offenses over five years, averaging roughly 34 arrests per day, according to data obtained through Freedom of Information requests by the civil liberties group Big Brother Watch. Of 45 territorial UK police forces, 38 returned complete data covering January 2021 through December 2025, showing 18,520 charges and 12,292 convictions. If the seven missing forces are estimated at the national average, the total rises to approximately 73,000 arrests. The prosecutions are driven by three statutes: Section 1 of the Malicious Communications…
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