JK Rowling will not be arrested under new Scottish hate law, say police

No further action' over posts by author and gender-critical activist despite complaints

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".