Hate Crime: Social Media
(asked on 21st March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent meetings her Department has had with social media companies on tackling online hate crime.
This question was answered on 28th March 2018
On 19 December 2017 the Minister responsible for Hate Crime Baroness Williams attended a seminar on online hate that was arranged by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The seminar included representatives from Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter.
Officials will continue to engage with social media companies about what more they can do to tackle online hate crime.