Information request relating to time and money spent campaigning against, and monitoring and responding to offensive social media content.

Reference: 21053

Date Added: Monday, February 7, 2022

Category: Finance

Disclosure Details

Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.

 

Two duties are placed on public authorities under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Notwithstanding applicable exemptions, the first duty at, Section 1(1) (a), is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held. The second duty at, Section1 (1) (b), is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held. Under the provisions of those sections of the FOIA, we can confirm that the information you seek is not held by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent.

 

You have requested the following information:

 

This is an information request relating to time and money spent campaigning against, and monitoring and responding to offensive social media content.

 

Please provide the following information for the financial years 2020 to 2021, and 2021 to the present date:

  • The number of times individuals have been interviewed by your force regarding offensive social media posts, and the typical length of these meetings. 

No information held

No information held

  • Time and money spent collecting, removing, and investigating posters, leaflets or similar material with offensive content, as well as a brief summary of their content.

No information held

By 'offensive' social media posts, I refer to anything encompassed by the Communications Act (2003), which specifies "A person is guilty of an offence if he... send by means of a public electronic communications network a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character".

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent (OPCC) and Gwent Police are two separate organisations.   Therefore, the OPCC are not responsible for and do not hold operational policing information, this is the responsibility of the Chief Constable of Gwent Police.  You may wish to contact Gwent Police directly to determine if they have the information requested via the following link https://www.gwent.police.uk/rqo/request/ri/request-information/rip/request-information-police/

The Freedom of Information Act is a public disclosure regime, not a private regime. Any information disclosed under the Act is thereafter deemed to be in the public domain, and therefore freely available to the general public and will be published on the OPCC website.

 

You have the right to appeal our decision if you think it is incorrect.  Should you feel dissatisfied with this response or the way in which your request was handled, information on the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent FOI Appeals Procedure can be found on our website: http://www.gwent.pcc.police.uk/en/transparency/know-your-rights/your-information-rights/freedom-of-information/appeals-process/

 

If you remain dissatisfied after an internal review decision, you have the right to apply to the Information Commissioner’s Office. The Commissioner is an independent regulator whose details can be found using the following link: Home | ICO

 

You can also write to the Information Commissioner’s Office at the following address:

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF