"Online hate crime"
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 "Online hate crime"  (“hate crime”)   | |
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| Interest of | Kristen Clarke |
Policing
The Daily Mail in December 2019 that "Britain’s first police unit for tackling online hate crime has brought charges against less than one per cent of internet trolls it has probed." The pilot year resulted in 17 prosecutions, of which 7 resulted in convictions, and cost the Metropolitan Police £326,344.[1]
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| Document:Someone said they wanted to see me trapped in a burning car and watch flames melt my flesh | Article | 22 October 2021 | Nadine Dorries | After the murder of MP David Amess, a crackdown on "internet trolls" is being demanded by most politicians. The UK's new Culture Minister Nadine Dorries is pursuing new overreaching legislation regulating Big Tech. The "Online Safety Bill" will abolish online anonymity and empower internet censorship. There are fears that it will be the end for freedom of expression in the UK. |
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