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<p>The Government is absolutely clear that there is no place for hateful content online.
In April 2019 the Government published the Online Harms White Paper setting out our
plans for world-leading legislation to make the UK the safest place to be online.
In February 2020 the Initial Government Response to the consultation was published
indicating the direction of travel for the legislation. The Full Government Response
detailing proposals for the legislation will be published later this year.</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>Government recognises that incidents of online hate crime are becoming
more prevalent and we are taking action to tackle the issue. We allocated £200,000
for a new national police hub to tackle the emerging threat of online hate crimes
which went live in January 2018. We have been supporting initiatives specific to tackling
islamophobia and anti-semitism. We have committed £100,000 for the Antisemitism Policy
Trust to support their work to tackle online antisemitism, and acknowledge this as
a growing area of concern. We have also supported Tell MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim
Attacks) with just over £2.8m between 2016 and 2020 to monitor and combat anti-Muslim
hatred (including online).</p><p> </p>
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