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Twitter is tightening its rules around online sexual harassment

25 October 2017

The social media company is cracking down on non-consensual upskirt shots and letting the crowd police abuse, but some think the policies are inconsistent

Online hate victims must speak out if the law is to stop the mob

30 August 2017

In England and Wales, posting online material motivated by hostility or prejudice merits the same sentence as shouting racist abuse, but prosecutions are rare

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Twitter is tightening its rules around online sexual harassment

Online hate victims must speak out if the law is to stop the mob

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