MP hits back against online hate crime
AS safer internet day is marked this month, MP Iain Stewart is promoting an innovative online tool for reporting hate crime.
True Vision is a portal for reporting hate crime. The website at www.report-it.org.uk has already had some 56,000 visitors and offers information to victims, downloadable resources and the ability to report crimes online.
Hate crimes come in many different forms. It can be because of hatred on the grounds of race, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or disability.
Sadly there is an increasing problem of hate crime being perpetrated via the internet. To date over 1,300 reports have been made to the site with just over 300 of these relating to Internet offences.
The Milton Keynes South MP said: “Hate crime in any form is abhorrent and I believe True Vision represents an important step in the fight against it.”
“I was pleased to lend my support to the project and encourage any constituents who are victims of a hate crime, wherever it occurs to visit the website,” he added.
The online reporting facility has been developed so that hate crimes can be reported online where victims don’t wish to go directly to the police. Crimes can be reported by ‘third-party’ organisations too.
True Vision has had no direct marketing and relies on links to existing websites and on search engines.
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