I say all the time that I want to return to London, which I visited the month before 9/11. My wife always assures me that no, I don't, because it's not the same city It was. I and the other editors here at Twitchy have done plenty of posts on people being arrested in Britain over social media posts. Just two days ago, our own Laura W. wrote a post on police arresting a man because his social media posts had caused some unnamed person to experience "anxiety."
British police capture and arrest an elderly man because some of his social media posts caused someone anxiety. pic.twitter.com/Ry4L2vU3jX
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) January 2, 2025
Look how many cops they sent.
A day later, another video went up of British authorities visiting someone at home and inviting them to the police station to discuss a Facebook post that was considered "malicious communications."
🇬🇧 Britains Social Media Police
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) January 4, 2025
“Part of these investigations is me coming to interview you over a post on Facebook”
“At the moment I’m leaving it open for a voluntary interview”
Just imagine how much time it takes the British Police to conduct these investigations into… pic.twitter.com/e2jQ05rkAv
"… into Social Media Posts."
That's a serious question. They looked the other way while grooming gangs raped young girls, but they have the personnel to monitor Facebook for malicious posts. At least they didn't put this guy in cuffs … his interview by the police is "voluntary." He's got a good question: Why can't they interview him about it then and there? There are two cops at his door. But no, they want to haul him down to the station to do a proper interview. About a Facebook post.
— Robby Baron (@RobbyBaronX) January 4, 2025
I've asked before, but how can these police carry out these raids in good consciousness?
"Does your mother know what you do for a living? Is she proud of you?"
— Dundreary (@dundreary) January 4, 2025
They are just following orders 🤮
— The Victorious 🏆 Dr William Bay🥼 (@DrBillyBay) January 4, 2025
If a police officer ever says come down to the station voluntarily, always take legal representation with you. Because they might say the word voluntary, but it's about as official as you can get.
— The Silent Majority (@Adamsapple79) January 4, 2025
What an absolute waste of government resources
— Jay (@JAS0N_V) January 4, 2025
Are we really prioritizing social media posts over more pressing issues if police are dedicating resources to these investigations?
— Gilbert On Point.🇺🇸 (@Gilbert_0nPoint) January 4, 2025
Good Lord, they did take George Orwell's 1984 as an instruction manual.
— Rob Alberts (@robertjalberts) January 4, 2025
Still cant believe this is a thing
— KAA (@lurkerK43833) January 4, 2025
Voluntary? Don't attend.
— Mr Baker (@grumpy2447) January 4, 2025
I'm sure it's voluntary, but if he doesn't show, they'll come back and arrest him.
Get rid of the monarchy and get a bill of rights.
— Ray Maddalone (@GlowplugvRay) January 4, 2025
Did wonders for America.
We don't appreciate the First and Second Amendments enough.
After I finished writing this post, I went back to X and found this:
English law enforcement are such an embarrassing group of people.
— Dr. Sydney Watson (@SydneyLWatson) January 4, 2025
Woman gets spat on by a migrant and they're more concerned with her "offensive" description of the perp. 🤦♀️ pic.twitter.com/kJiBDLFcPp
Sad. England is lost.
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