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oapen-20.500.12657-527712023-06-27T12:44:26Z Online Misogyny as Hate Crime Barker, Kim Jurasz, Olga abuse Caroline Criado-Perez cyberhate digital feminism Feminism Gina Miller Harassment hate crime Legal regulation law Malice Olga Jurasz Online hate crimes Online misogyny online harms Protected characteristics Social media Twitter victims bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LA Jurisprudence & general issues bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LA Jurisprudence & general issues::LAQ Law & society::LAQG Gender & the law The ideal of an inclusive and participatory Internet has been undermined by the rise of misogynistic abuse on social media platforms. However, limited progress has been made at national – and to an extent European – levels in addressing this issue. In England and Wales, the tackling of underlying causes of online abuse has been overlooked because the law focuses on punishment rather than measures to prevent such abuses. Furthermore, online abuse has a significant impact on its victims that is underestimated by policymakers. This volume critically analyses the legal provisions that are currently deployed to tackle forms of online misogyny, and focuses on three aspects; firstly, the phenomenon of social media abuse; secondly, the poor and disparate legal responses to social media abuses; and thirdly, the similar failings of hate crime to tackle problems of online gender-based abuses. This book advances a compelling argument for legal changes to the existing hate crime, and communications legislation. 2022-02-10T12:48:19Z 2022-02-10T12:48:19Z 2019 book ONIX_20220210_9780429956812_26 9781138590373 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52771 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9780429956812.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9780429956805 10.4324/9780429956805 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb Knowledge Unlatched 9781138590373 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Routledge 146 7201 open access
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The ideal of an inclusive and participatory Internet has been undermined by the rise of misogynistic abuse on social media platforms. However, limited progress has been made at national – and to an extent European – levels in addressing this issue. In England and Wales, the tackling of underlying causes of online abuse has been overlooked because the law focuses on punishment rather than measures to prevent such abuses. Furthermore, online abuse has a significant impact on its victims that is underestimated by policymakers. This volume critically analyses the legal provisions that are currently deployed to tackle forms of online misogyny, and focuses on three aspects; firstly, the phenomenon of social media abuse; secondly, the poor and disparate legal responses to social media abuses; and thirdly, the similar failings of hate crime to tackle problems of online gender-based abuses. This book advances a compelling argument for legal changes to the existing hate crime, and communications legislation.
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