Theresa May to call for increased policing of online hate speech – POLITICO

Prime Minister Theresa May today will warn of online “intimidation and abuse” experienced disproportionately by women and minorities and announce government plans to tackle online hate speech. In a speech in Manchester to mark the 100-year anniversary of women winning the vote in Britain, May will warn of a “tone of bitterness and aggression” that is “coarsening” public debate. The prime minister, who last year commissioned an investigation into intimidation in public life, will endorse the recommendation that the impetus be put on tech companies to tackle online abuse.