Rob Moore and a co-speaker examine free speech in Britain, citing data showing the UK arrests people for social media posts at 300% the rate of any other nation, roughly 12,000 annually. They describe a climate of self-censorship where even mentioning women's football invites accusations of misogyny.
People
are
arrested in the
UK more than any other country, by 300%. 12,000 posts a year, more than China, more than Russia. And in
Essex, I think it's right to say that there's something like 1.2 people a day are arrested for something that they've put on social media. There are lots of things you can't say. You can't say women's football because you immediately then labeled some kind of misogynist. And what do you think about that?
I think it's ridiculous. I
think it's totally insane. People are frightened to say things. And so therefore, if they're frightened to say things because of what the consequences might be, then that tells me there isn't free speech. Speech, because you shouldn't be frightened to say things.
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