By Gillian West

The number of arrests made for sending ‘offensive’ messages via social media has increased by more than a third (37 per cent) in the last five years.

According to reports, 2,500 Londoners have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police for breaches of Section 127 of the Communications Act.

In 2010 a total of 625 arrests were made for 127 offences and in 2015 the number rose to 857. Of those 827 arrests 139 were for sending, or causing to be sent, “a false message to cause annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety,” a 71 per cent increase from 2011.

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Source: The Drum