Radicalism: Internet

(asked on 4th December 2018) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been prosecuted for online radicalisation in the last five years for which information is available.


Answered by
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Ben Wallace
This question was answered on 24th January 2019

There is no single offence, either in statute or at common law, of “online radicalisation”. A number of relevant offences may apply including those provided for in the Terrorism Act 2006, Sections 1 and 2.

The Home Office publishes the Quarterly Statistics Bulletin on the operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent legislation. This shows the numbers of individuals arrested and charged with terrorist related offences. The most recent bulletin, published on 6 December 2018, covers the period to the end of September 2018

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