JRE #2466 - Foster & Kisin · Aired Mar 11, 2026
Claim summary · not a verbatim quotation
The UK has arrested 12,000 people for social media posts and abandoned trial by jury.
The finding
What the evidence shows
The first half is real. UK police made roughly 12,000 arrests in 2023 under the communications offences used for online posts, up about 58% on 2019. The second half is not. Britain has not abandoned trial by jury. There have been proposals to hear more cases without a jury, and they are contested, but juries are still hearing cases.
Read the supporting source · lordslibrary.parliament.uk ↗Quick answer & review status
Quick answer
Is it true that the UK has arrested 12,000 people for social media posts and abandoned trial by jury?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. The first half is real. UK police made roughly 12,000 arrests in 2023 under the communications offences used for online posts, up about 58% on 2019. It was said on JRE #2466 - Foster & Kisin, aired Mar 11, 2026, at 12:45. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. The supporting source is lordslibrary.parliament.uk, linked below.
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