Written Question·Home Office·UIN 49511
Hate Crime: Social Media
Tabled: 30 April 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025
Question
Blair McDougall
Labour — East Renfrewshire
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of legislation covering hate crimes at providing police with sufficient powers to pursue incidents that occur on social media platfo
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonWe 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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