This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Make online hate crimes a punishable criminal offence.
The moment someone commits a hate crime online it should be punishable by law.
A hate crime online or in person is done with intent and a keyboard shouldn't allow an individual to receive a more lenient punishment. Punishment for these disgusting acts needs to be stricter.
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As a nation we still feel it our right to abuse others be it physically, verbally or mentally.
If we tolerate this in 2021 how will life be in 20 years? We need to finally make real change now for a brighter future for what is a multicultural country.
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Why was this petition rejected?
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There are already a number of offences that cover online abuse. You can read about these here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/social-media-guidelines-prosecuting-cases-involving-communications-sent-social-media
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Produce and enforce a zero-tolerance strategy to end racism on social media: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/591720
Require social media platforms’ terms of use to prohibit racism and hate speech: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/591760
Increase legal penalties for those convicted of online racial abuse: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/591776
Social media companies to be held accountable for racially abusive posts: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/591688
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