Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 25440

Social Media: Crime

Tabled: 21 January 2025

Answered: 29 January 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a review of sentences for people serving a custodial sentence for posting offensive remarks on social media.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for our independent courts. There are a range of communication related offences, both summary-only and triable either way, across different pieces of legislation with varying maximum penalties. For example, secti...

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