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solenoid0937last Tuesday at 6:32 PM3 repliesview on HN

https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/select-communications-off...

12k people a year thrown in prison for spicy tweets


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10xDevlast Tuesday at 6:41 PM

So roughly 0.017% of the population.

"Spicy tweets" including:

sending false communications

sending threatening communications

sending or showing flashing images electronically to people with epilepsy intending to cause them harm (‘epilepsy trolling’)

encouraging or assisting serious self-harm

sending a photograph or film of a person’s genitals (‘cyberflashing’)

sharing or threatening to share intimate photographs or film

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starshadowx2last Tuesday at 6:55 PM

That is not a true statement.

Here's a good break down and explanation of what that number actually means - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB3WVygAM8I

dgellowlast Tuesday at 6:45 PM

That link says “12k arrests”, not thrown to prison! It’s also not clear how reliable that data is