A journalist said she was “dumbfounded and upset” when police knocked on her door on Remembrance Sunday and informed her she was being investigated for alleged incitement of racial hatred over a year-old deleted post online.

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Journalist ‘dumbfounded’ by police visit over social media post investigation

Boris Johnson, Elon Musk and senior Tories hit out at Essex force for refusing to give details of investigation into Allison Pearson

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Police accused of ‘appalling’ attack on free speech with probe into Telegraph journalist

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Shropshire

Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson said the police response to a year-old deleted post on X was ‘outrageous’.

Evgeny Lebedev

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Geraldine Mary Harmsworth

Patricia Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere

Carron Greig

Freedom of speech has come under fire from Essex Police. At least according to British writer and journalist Allison Pearson, whose apartment was visited by two police officers on November 11, Remembrance Day, to announce that an investigation was underway against her. It appeared on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) because of her post a year earlier.

A szólásszabadságot vette tűz alá az essexi rendőrség. Legalábbis Allison Pearson brit író, újságíró szerint, akinek lakására november 11-én, az Emlékezés napján toppant be két rendőr, hogy közölje, nyomozás folyik ellene.Az X (korábban Twitter) közösségi médiafelületen megjelent, egy évvel korábbi bejegyzése miatt.

Veszélyben a szólásszabadság: Egy évvel korábbi kommentje miatt indítottak rendőri eljárást az újságíró ellen

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Freedom of speech is at risk: Police proceedings were initiated against the journalist for his comments a year earlier

The Herald Scotland

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Essex Police's investigation into Journalist Allison Pearson has been branded "dangerous", after she was visited by two police officers at her home on Remembrance Sunday.The officers informed her that she was "under investigation" for a social media post shared in 2023.In her first sit down interview since the incident, Pearson told GB News how a "shocking" police probe into a so-called "non-crime" X post shows that "thought control" is attempti…

GB News

Police blasted for 'authoritarian' Allison Pearson investigation over social media post

The police have come under fire for a shocking assault on free speech, following their heavy-handed raid on Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson’s home on

Guido Fawkes

Police Slammed for "Appalling" Attack on Free Speech

A journalist from The Telegraph, Allison Pearson, reports that British police officers visited her home on Remembrance Sunday in connection with a “non-crime hate incident.” The Essex Police force visit related to a tweet she posted a year ago.Police informed her that the investigation is under section 17 of the Public Order Act 1986, which addresses material allegedly likely or intended to incite racial hatred. She reports she asked, “What did …

The National Pulse

Police Visit Telegraph Journalist Over Year-Old Tweet in ‘Hate Incident’ Inquiry.

They wouldn't even say which post got her in trouble.

vigilantnews.com

MSM Journalist Gets “Hate Incident” Visit From Police Over Year-Old Tweet

Telegraph columnist was visited at home by officers over reports of an unspecified post relating to ‘racial hatred’

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Police defend decision to investigate columnist Allison Pearson over tweet

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Police Visit Telegraph Journalist Over Year-Old Tweet in ‘Hate Incident’ Inquiry

Police Visit Telegraph Journalist Over Year-Old Tweet in ‘Hate Incident’ Inquiry

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