2022/24819 - social media posts
REQUEST
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please can you provide the following information:
1] The number of people, social media account holders or social media accounts contacted by the force and asked to remove a social media post or told that not removing a social media post could lead to further action, over the following periods:
- 1 January 2019 - 31 December 2019
- 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020
- 1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021
2] The number of incidents referred to in [1] that were subject to further investigation by the force after the initial contact was made, over the following periods:
- 1 January 2019 - 31 December 2019
- 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020
- 1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021
3] The number of incidents referred to in [1] that resulted in charges being brought
4] The number of requests made by the force to social media companies asking for a post or online material to be removed, or drawing attention to problematic content, over the following periods:
- 1 January 2019 - 31 December 2019
- 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020
- 1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021
5] A breakdown of what companies or sites were contacted by the force as per question [4]