I have questions though. Iran and Israel have harsh rules for stuff being shared about the ongoing war. China ... has a huge population and harsh rules, too. What's the source for the list?

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12,000???? Jesus christ i thought it was like 500 or something. What a bunch of authoritarian scumbags. Coming soon to a jurisdiction near you.... I mean they are already doing shady shit to suppress and intimidate dissenting voices in the US as well, although so far it hasn't been as egregious as the UK. It's not like the Bill of Rights will save us, the state has repeatedly demonstrated that it doesn't give a fuck about that document.

Source?

What is happening in the UK is unbelievable. It’s too much even for the high standards of stupidity that Europe is managing.

Insightful… Old Blighty leading the way in the worst possible way

Makes you think.

I would also like to know the source... Not saying that these stats are not accurate, but I have no idea where they are from.

I saw this too defo some good old fashioned media manipulation tbh due to reporting. It’s safe to say the world is going crazy not just the UK: Germany ∙ A journalist published a satirical meme of Germany’s interior minister holding a fake sign reading “I hate freedom of speech.” She reported him to the police, and he was prosecuted and given a seven-month suspended prison sentence.  ∙ In February 2026, Germany carried out coordinated nationwide raids over online hate speech posts, with law enforcement acting on approximately 140 investigations across all 16 federal states.  ∙ One man posted suggesting refugee children should play in electrical wires — fined 3,750 euros.  USA (more recent) ∙ Under the Trump administration, several foreign nationals were detained for one to two months after their visas were revoked over nonviolent online expression, including students posting about Gaza.  France ∙ The arrest of Telegram’s founder Pavel Durov on arrival in France — though that was framed around criminal law (child abuse material, organised crime) rather than speech directly. Canada ∙ A man was ordered to pay $10,000 after a Human Rights Tribunal ruled his Facebook posts, speeches, and emails about LGBTQ+ people constituted hate speech.  And back to the UK’s more absurd cases: ∙ A couple were arrested by six officers for criticising their daughter’s school headmaster selection process in a parents’ WhatsApp group.  ∙ An autistic 16-year-old girl was arrested for saying a police officer looked like her “lesbian nana” — her grandmother is actually lesbian.  The pattern across Western democracies is similar: the laws are broad, enforcement is inconsistent, and the cases that attract outrage tend to be the ones where the punishment seems wildly disproportionate to any actual harm caused.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Just a guess but China seems low. Are these self reported?

TIL China has more freedom than UK

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Russia has way way way more

what's the source?

All time or last year?

A rare win for the UK

People are leaving Brazil, thats why the number is low.

I don't think the Iran statistics is accurate.