Can I be arrested for something I've said on Twitter or Facebook? [Criminal law explainer]

A wide range of criminal offences can be committed by posting on social media. This video explains some of the most common ways online messages can end up with criminal consequences. LINKS FROM THE VIDEO Communications Act 2003, s127 - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/127 Communications Act 2003, s32 - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/32 Malicious Communications Act 1998, s1 - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/27/section/1 CPS Prosecution Guidelines - https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/social-media-guidelines-prosecuting-cases-involving-communications-sent-social-media CASES MENTIONED DPP v Collins [2006] UKHL 40 Chambers v DPP [2012] EWHC 2157 (Admin), [2013] 1 All ER 149 R (Chabloz) v CPS [2019] EWHC 3094 (Admin) MY BOOKS Employment Law Handbook - http://www.employmentlawhandbook.co.uk Resolving Grievances - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/grievances Constructive Dismissal - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/constructive Employee Investigations - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/investigations Deconstructing TUPE - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/tupe All small books - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books FREE STUFF Employment law updates - http://www.danielbarnett.co.uk Employer’s guide to redundancy - https://go.danielbarnett.com/free/redundancy Podcast - https://go.danielbarnett.com/podcast Sources of free legal advice (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJfdykS5jtU Deconstructing TUPE (video course) - https://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/tupe PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES: Virtual Employment Law Academy - https://virtualemploymentlawacademy.com The HR Inner Circle - https://hrinnercircle.co.uk HR Policies - https://policies2023.com Chat GPT for lawyers & HR - https://danielbarnett.com/chatgpt/ Getting Redundancy Right - https://gettingredundancyright.com Changing Terms and Conditions course - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal Marketing your Employment Law Practice - https://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/marketing Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com WHO AM I: I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister. I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website (http://www.danielbarnett.co.uk) and work out of a set of Chambers in London (http://www.outertemple.com). I have a weekly podcast (https://go.danielbarnett.com/podcast) and am often asked to speak on the national and international legal and HR lecture circuits. I’ve written about fifteen legal textbooks (the main one is http://www.employmentlawhandbook.co.uk) and run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals (http://www.hrinnercircle.co.uk). I present the legal hour on LBC Radio (http://www.lbc.co.uk), the UK’s leading commercial talk radio station, at 9pm every Saturday night. CONTACT ME: If you’d like to talk, I’d love to hear from you. Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/daniel_barnett Mailing list: https://www.danielbarnett.co.uk/site/mailing-list/mailing-list-signup/ Podcast: https://go.danielbarnett.com/podcast Subscribe to this channel - click ‘SUBSCRIBE’ above Tweeting @daniel_barnett directly is the quickest way to get a response. Sadly there aren’t enough hours in the day to respond to everyone 😭, but I promise I read all messages. IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This video is published by Employment Law Services Limited. The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded (December 2020), the law may have changed since then. You should always seek your own independent legal advice. Please note that for employment law, the law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales. For all other areas of law, it applies to England only. PS: Some of the links in this description are to my own products or are affiliate links that I get a commission from.