How many gullible ill-informed Americans are actually taken in by these two shameless liars? RFK Jr: “People are going to jail for Twitter posts in England.” Joe Rogan: “12,000 people in the last year.” RFK: “It’s a dictatorship.” Rogan “They got rid of trial by jury” Their easily disprovable lies are both tragic and pathetic in equal measure. FACT CHECK: 1. The best estimate for number of people actually jailed for Twitter posts is NOT 12,000, but up to 60 people. Overall social media/online comms offences lead to ~100–200 jail terms annually and are focused on indecent/obscene messages (sexual content intended to distress or harass); image-based sexual abuse (including sexualised images of children); violent threats; menacing communications; targeted harassment; or incitement to racial/religious hatred and violence. In a 2023 trial by jury in the US, American Douglass Mackey was convicted and sentenced to 7 months in federal prison for posting memes on Twitter. The conviction was overturned on appeal in July 2025. 2. The UK is not a dictatorship. In recent major international rankings on democracy and democratic backsliding (2025–2026 data), the UK consistently ranks higher and shows less backsliding than the United States. 3. Britain has not ended trial by jury. Jury trials have not been abolished or ended. There is a proposed scaling back being discussed, designed to deal with court backlogs, not the end of the jury system. Scotland and Northern Ireland are unaffected. Even if the proposed changes are implemented, jury trials will remain the standard for the most serious offences in England and Wales (murder, rape, manslaughter, robbery, etc.), and they continue to operate as normal right now. IF the changes go ahead, which would limit jury trials for many "either-way" offences likely to result in a sentence of under 3 years, they are not expected to take effect until 2028 at the earliest.

@docrussjackson What evidence do you have that reducing trial by jury will significantly reduce court backlogs? x.com/i/status/20563… Do you really want a three year sentence to only be tried by a judge?

@GoodmanAlanplus @docrussjackson Currently offences attracting less than 12 months are heard at a magistrates court - no judge

@MurrayJohn2000 @docrussjackson The maximum sentence for a summary offence (magistrate and no choice of a jury) is reported as 6 months. There are also either way offences where there is a choice of a jury or magistrate. The Free Speech Union say that juries are less likely to convict for speech crimes.

@GoodmanAlanplus @docrussjackson The free speech union dislikes free speech. Any org with that cat wan*er TobyJug in has no interest in free speech