• MinekPo1 [She/Her]@lemmygrad.ml
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    Agora, a Russian human rights group, says law enforcement has opened 411 criminal cases against internet users in Russia in 2017, compared with 298 cases in 2016

    More than 3,300 people were detained and questioned last year [2016] over so-called trolling on social media and other online forums, a rise of nearly 50 per cent in two years, according to figures obtained by The Times.

    so that number is actually biased against Russia.

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      50% rise in 2 years means that even before 2016, UK was “detaining and questioning” 1750 people for their social media posts. But they don’t dare present that number honestly.