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0 pointsfoldr9mo ago0 comments

The flip side of this is that convictions under the Communications Act have gone down compared to 2010, so it's a mixed picture:

https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/select-communications-off...

It is hard to get good data on this, but it is probably a combination of overzealous policing (which is indeed bad) and an increase in arrests for behavior that arguably is a police matter, such as domestic abuse, harassment, etc. I would not be surprised to discover that there is more online harassment now than there was in 2010.

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KETHERCORTEX9mo ago

> I would not be surprised to discover that there is more online harassment now than there was in 2010.

There is simply more people online now than in 2010.

foldrOP9mo ago

That's a good point! The growth in arrests shown in the article I linked starts in 2017, though. I think internet usage has gone up significantly by some measures since 2017, but whether or not that's sufficient to explain the increase in arrests, I am not sure.

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KETHERCORTEX9mo ago

> I would not be surprised to discover that there is more online harassment now than there was in 2010.

There is simply more people online now than in 2010.

foldrOP9mo ago

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