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Comments by JK Rowling challenging police to arrest her for online misgendering do not amount to a crime, Police Scotland said.
As the Scottish government’s contentious hate crime law came into force on Monday, the author and gender-critical activist posted a thread on X saying the legislation was “wide open to abuse” after listing sex offenders who had described themselves as transgender alongside well-known trans women activists, describing them as “men, every last one of them”.
She stated that “freedom of speech and belief are at an end in Scotland if the accurate description of biological sex is deemed criminal”.
On Tuesday afternoon, Police Scotland confirmed they had received complaints about the social media post but added: “The comments are not assessed to be criminal and no further action will be taken.”