Maya Thomas

@mayathomas98

Legal & Policy Officer @BigBrotherWatch fighting for free speech online+offline. Proud owner of 92 loose leaf teas 🫖. Utrecht born and raised 🇳🇱🌷 Views=own

London

Joined November 2025

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Maya Thomas
@mayathomas98
11h
Freedom of speech is absolutely key to a healthy democracy, and it’s deeply Orwellian that the state is eroding this right for everyone.
GB News
@GBNEWS
12h
'These laws are not well written, they're not clear. This creates really dangerous situations for everybody.' Maya Thomas from Big Brother Watch, discusses research which reavealed more than 62,000 people have been arrested over the last five years for 'communication offences'.
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Maya Thomas
@mayathomas98
21h
Thanks for having me on the show!
GB News
@GBNEWS
Sep 6
'Free speech is alive, but only technically.' Legal and Policy Officer for Big Brother Watch Maya Thomas warns that vague speech laws are creating a chilling effect across the UK, with over 62,000 people arrested for communications offences in the last five years.
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Maya Thomas
@mayathomas98
21h
Our new report shows that the state of free speech in the UK should terrify all of us - regardless of where we find ourselves on the political spectrum. This is so much bigger than Right vs Left, this is the people vs the state.
Big Brother Watch
@BigBrotherWatch
Sep 6
🚨BREAKING🚨 We've just exposed Britain's Free Speech Problem 🔸Over 60,000 people have been arrested for communication offences over 5 years 🔸Failed laws mean some police forces make 14 times more arrests than others Our investigation covered on the front page of the Mail
Maya Thomas
@mayathomas98
Aug 17
Hi X! As Legal&Policy Officer @BigBrotherWatch my day job is fighting for a free future. The UK govt's current attack on free speech online+offline should terrify us all. I’ll be using this account to share my thoughts & keep my finger on the pulse. My DMs are open, so do say hi!
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