Scotland Yard's 'online hate crime hub' was launched by London mayor Sadiq Khan (pictured)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. Scotland Yard's 'online hate crime hub' has logged 1,851 incidents since its launch in April 2017 – but just 17 cases, or 0.92 per cent, resulted in charges. 'The Met has made huge progress in tackling all forms of hate crime, but it's clear more needs to be done. Some 1,851 online hate crime cases were logged up to August 2019, with 741 marked as still live or ongoing. The CPS also said it does not hold data which identifies the number of hate crime prosecutions where offending occurred online.

Source: Daily Mail December 30, 2019 00:02 UTC