Comment Comment by pjfin123 My guestimate.The whole above thread is litigating the number of people in the U.K. arrested for speech crimes. It's hard to put an exact number on it but it seems like low single digit thousands (1k-5k).The numbers from Russia are even more murky but it appears they're arresting a few hundred people a year for speech crimes (150-600). - https://apnews.com/general-news-0274242811894097a9d79f789002... - https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/interactive/2022/08/22/what...Russia has about double the population of the U.K. so per capita numbers are even more stark. parent pjfin123 1 year ago
The whole above thread is litigating the number of people in the U.K. arrested for speech crimes. It's hard to put an exact number on it but it seems like low single digit thousands (1k-5k).
The numbers from Russia are even more murky but it appears they're arresting a few hundred people a year for speech crimes (150-600). - https://apnews.com/general-news-0274242811894097a9d79f789002... - https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/interactive/2022/08/22/what...
Russia has about double the population of the U.K. so per capita numbers are even more stark.