https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/select-communications-off...
12k people a year thrown in prison for spicy tweets
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
That link says “12k arrests”, not thrown to prison! It’s also not clear how reliable that data is
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