Tag: UK courts

UK Social Media Laws – Are People Being Arrested for Posts?

Sep 24, 2025

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Redacto

in Data Privacy, Data Safety, Government, Law, Policy, Social Media, Social Media Management

In short: Police in the UK continue to arrest people for online posts that are reported as threatening, harassing, or grossly offensive. Cases are commonly brought under communications and public order laws, including offenses tied to harassment, malicious communications, and hate incidents. Arrests often begin with a user report, followed by platform referrals or local…
Wikipedia Loses Challenge to UK Online Safety Act

Aug 12, 2025

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in Cybersecurity, Data, Data Privacy, Digital Footprint, Social Media, Surveillance, Wikipedia

The Wikimedia Foundation, the charity that runs Wikipedia, has lost a court fight over some of the UK’s Online Safety Act provisions. The High Court action aimed to prevent the strictest rules of the law from being applied to the online encyclopedia. The judge dismissed the challenge but, as reported by Reuters the The Guardian,…