More Than 62,000 Arrested for Speech-Related Offenses in Britain, Report Finds

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More Than 62,000 Arrested for Speech-Related Offenses in Britain, Report Finds
https://amgreatness.com/2026/09/10/more-than-62000-arrested-for-speech-related-offenses-in-britain-report-finds/

More than 62,000 people were arrested in Britain for communications offenses over a five-year period, according to a new civil liberties report warning that the country’s increasingly broad speech restrictions are having a chilling effect on free expression.

Big Brother Watch found that 62,199 people were arrested between 2021 and 2025, amounting to roughly 34 arrests per day. At least 18,500 people were charged and 12,292 were convicted, according to the organization.

The findings were based on Freedom of Information requests to police forces across the United Kingdom. Big Brother Watch said the actual number of arrests could be higher because some forces did not provide complete data.

The United Kingdom is no better than many authoritarian/totalitarian dictators. A very dystopic and dysfunctional place.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

"Oi, mate! Youze got a loicense tuh post that report?"

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And I'm sure Democrats are looking at that thinking  "What a great idea!".