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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-12-08more like thismore than 2020-12-08
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Home Office more like this
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answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Radicalism: Coronavirus more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the Commissioner for Countering Extremism COVID-19: How hateful extremists are exploiting the pandemic, published in July, what new financial provision and resources are being made available, and to whom, to prevent extremists capitalising on the impacts of COVID-19. more like this
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Lord Mendelsohn more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-12-22more like thismore than 2020-12-22
answer text <p>The Government engages closely with the Commission for Countering Extremism on their work on COVID-19 and extremism. After publication of their initial findings in July, we have supported further work undertaken by them on this subject.</p><p>The Home Office has undertaken work to counter the spread of hatred and extremism during the pandemic, both online and offline, including working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council on additional hate crime support and community work and working with civil society partners and social media platforms to encourage victim reporting of online hate crime.</p><p>The increased use of the Internet as a result of Covid-19 has brought into sharp focus the need to be vigilant against those seeking to exploit the situation to radicalise others into terrorism. We are working closely with tech companies to ensure preventing terrorist use of their platforms continues to be a priority and that companies are responding quickly to any emerging threats. As well as engaging with companies, we are working with our Five Country partners to deliver a joint assessment on the impacts of Covid-19 on the online process of radicalisation, as agreed at the Virtual Five-Country Ministerial meeting in June. We also continue to support efforts by DCMS to work alongside social media platforms to analyse and quickly remove Covid-19 disinformation content.</p>
answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford more like this
grouped question UIN HL11232 more like this
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less than 2020-12-22T11:42:23.453Zmore like thismore than 2020-12-22T11:42:23.453Z
answering member
4311
label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn more like this