Offensive social media posts
Freedom of Information Act request number: 2022-137
Version date: 12/05/2022
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information:
For this FOI we have specifically used code 196/07 and the 4 offences that come under this code relating to a Communication Network (this is more relatable to the requestor question and give an accurate data set)
Please provide the following information for the financial years 2020 to 2021, and 2021 to the present date:
- The number of times individuals have been arrested by your force regarding offensive social media posts.
By 'offensive' social media posts, I refer to anything encompassed by the Communications Act (2003), which specifies "A person is guilty of an offence if he... send by means of a public electronic communications network a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character"
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196/07 Non Crime - Arrest Count |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
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Cause to be sent by public communication network an offensive / indecent / obscene / menacing message / matter |
4 |
3 |
0 |
|
Persistently make use of public communication network to cause annoyance / inconvenience / anxiety |
3 |
4 |
0 |
|
Send by public communication network an offensive / indecent / obscene / menacing message / matter |
0 |
4 |
0 |
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Send false message by public electronic communication network to cause annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Grand Total |
7 |
12 |
0 |