Posted on 01/14/2018 12:39:07 PM PST by Cubs Fan
Police have arrested more than 3,400 people for ‘offensive’ online comments in one year an investigation by The Times has revealed.
Figures obtained through the Freedom of Information Act has revealed that political police chiefs have been spending taxpayers’ money on arresting internet trolls under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003, which makes it illegal to intentionally “cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another” introduced in 2016.
Given that thirteen police forces have refused to submit the figures of their arrests of internet commentators, the total number of politically motivated harassment and arrest by police is certain to be far higher.
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