UK arrests 12,000 people annually for social media posts, exceeding Russia

What was said

"12,000 people were put in jail, if I understand correctly, this year, I think it was, over Facebook and Twitter posts, social media posts. And they have these other things over there where it's called Prevent, right? And if, say, here's an example. Tommy Robinson had a really good friend who was just a security guard. Just a security guard. And so he had, um, the security guard had a son, and his son came over, and like Tommy was always nice to them, so he gave them both like Stone Island hats or something that he happened to have in his car. And the kid went to school the next day and he's like, I got a Stone Island hat from like Tommy Robinson or whatever. They called PREVENT and said, we're gonna take your child away because you interact with him or you know him or whatever."

The speaker claims that the United Kingdom arrests approximately 12,000 people annually under laws targeting social media posts, citing Section 127 of the Communication Act of 2003 and Section 1 of the Malicious Communication Act of 1980. He alleges this exceeds Russia's arrest rate and describes the UK's Prevent program as threatening families with child removal for associations with controversial figures. The discussion suggests some convicted for social media posts receive harsher sentences than those convicted of sexual assault.