The UK is hard on the issue of hate crime in online media. On Monday, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) issued a new direction to the country. Online hate crime is referred as a serious behavior in that direction.
In the Criminal Procedure of England and Wales, CPS is the principal organization. According to the organization's instruction, the use of social media is increased in the hate crime. CPS is committed to monitoring such online crimes as important as an offline crime.
CPS has taken initiatives for publication and social media campaign against hate crime. This campaign has been named 'Hate Crime Matters'. Its purpose is to attract people to be motivated to stop hate crime and report them to the appropriate authorities.
UK Director of the Public Prosecutions Allison Sanders said, “Hate crime has a deadly effect on our society. As a result, this is a priority for CPS. It can affect the entire community. It forces people to change their living style and live in fearful situation.
In this civilized age, people can be victims of the hate crime due to ethnic or sexual nature. Generally, Facebook, Twitter or comment box of popular news sites are used for online hate crimes. 'Hitler was on the right track' - there may be people who think of this as a match. This can lead to a line or sentence and much more.
Many celebrities have also been victims of troll or satire. The British Parliament also talked about this.From a renowned personality to the ordinary people-no one is 100 percent protected from such attack. But on the basis of race, religion or caste, such behavior is condemnable. It's a crime. Whether it is face-to-face or online. These activities are creating division in society. This is the abuse of freedom of expression. These should be stopped.
In April of this year, Scotland Yard announced a special unit to deal with online hate crime. It was announced on Monday 24 April. The Scotland Yard's five-member unit is working to investigate and treat harassment online.
London mayor Sadiq Khan said, “We know it's a terrible impact on people who are victims of hate crime, especially those who are victims of such persecution online. The attackers think that they are hiding behind the scenes. But their idea is wrong.”
For the first time, this specially constituted police force is assisted by the police and crime financial services of London Mayor's Office. Besides, £ 4.5bn pounds will spend from the UK Police Innovation Fund in this case. It is estimated that in two years special unit will cost 17 million pounds.
Sadiq Khan said, 'My move is clear. There is no laziness in this regard. We are trying to help victims of these attacks. We are trying to strengthen their security with the advice of anti-hate organizations. These organizations will investigate what is really doing harm and have to destroy the root.
London police got complain of all types of hate crime. All the crimes committed in social media including Facebook and Twitter are monitored by this special Police Unit.
City Hall has been confirmed, “Anti-Hate Crime Unit can also talk to the social media authorities in this regard. British police forces will keep an eye on online hate crimes on five issues.
Recent statistics show that in June 2016, there was a huge number of hate crimes raises in the event of Brexit. There are 62 thousand 518 complaints submitted to the police in 2015/16. Compared to 52 thousand 465 complaints in the previous year, which is 19 percent more.