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Official reporting and independent analyses converge on the same headline: roughly 12,000 arrests a year in recent years have been linked to online communications in the UK, equivalent to about 30–33 ...
Police custody data obtained and analysed by The Times and cited across parliamentary and civil-liberties reporting indicate roughly 12,000 arrests a year in recent years for communications or “online...
Police custody data obtained and reported in major outlets show roughly 12,000 UK arrests in a recent year for online communications described as “offensive” or causing “anxiety”, which equates to “mo...
Available reporting identifies roughly 12,000 arrests in the UK in 2023 for offences recorded under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 and section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 — ...
Official reporting and multiple investigations point to roughly in in recent years tied to communications laws — a figure widely cited as the total for 2023 based on custody data obtained by media out...
Reporting based on collated by and summarised in parliamentary and NGO sources shows 12,183 arrests under Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 and Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1...