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UK Social Media Arrests 2023

The number of arrests in the UK in 2023 for communications offences related to social media posts

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Jan 12, 2026
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Number of arrests in the UK over social media posts

The best available reporting indicates roughly 12,000 arrests in the UK in 2023 for communications offences that include social media posts, a figure widely cited by The Times and synthesised in Freed...

Jan 11, 2026

What types of social media posts are most likely to lead to arrests in the UK?

Arrests linked to social media in the UK cluster around a handful of legal categories — malicious communications, communications causing racial or religious hatred, incitement to violence or terrorism...