Online hate crime is to be treated as seriously as offences carried out face to face. Official figures show a 20% rise in all forms of hate crime reported to the police in the first quarter of this year. The CPS said that in 2015-16 the CPS completed 15,442 hate crime prosecutions, the highest figure on record, with a conviction rate of 83.2%. Online abusers must be dealt with harshly | Alison Saunders Read moreProsecutors will be ordered to treat online hate crime as seriously as offences carried out face to face, according to Alison Saunders, director of public prosecutions. If you’ve been affected by hate crime online, we’d like you to share your experiences with us.

Source: The Guardian August 21, 2017 10:07 UTC