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Sure, but it’s pretty hard to believe that the domestic violence arrests are increasing exponentially, isn’t it?

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> So it'd include arrests for domestic abuse where at least one component of the abuse was through WhatsApp.

Are you absolutely sure of this? It sounded good on the first read, but I’m very skeptical now. It seems to me that the arrest is going to be for battery, even if the charges filed later include the WhatsApp messages.

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In the uk, during interview, you can only be questioned for offences you’ve been arrested for. So it’s common to get over-arrested, and later charged with the serious crime rather than the minor ones.

The overwhelming majority of people arrested under the communications act aren’t charged under it. They’re either released, or charged under a more serious offence.