Written Question·Home Office·UIN 49510

Hate Crime: Social Media

Tabled: 30 April 2025

Answered: 12 May 2025

Question

Blair McDougall

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider extending statutory regulations so that all social media platforms are covered by legislation on hate crime.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

We have robust legislation in place to deal with threatening, abusive, or harassing behaviour and incitement to hatred, including laws to tackle perpetrators who stir up racial and religious hatred and hatred based on sexual orientation. Importantly, the ...

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