Online Misogyny as Hate Crime : A Challenge for Legal Regulation?

Online Misogyny as Hate Crime A Challenge for Legal Regulation?

The ideal of an inclusive and participatory Internet has been undermined by the rise of misogynistic abuse on social media platforms. However, limited progress has been made at national – and to an extent European – levels in addressing this issue. In England and Wales, the tackling of underlying ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Barker, Kim, author (author), Jurasz, Olga , author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton, FL : Routledge 2018.
[2018].
Edición:First edition
Materias:
Libel and slander > Great Britain.
Hate crimes > Great Britain.
Misogyny > Great Britain.
Internet > Law and legislation > Great Britain.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009754438706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Terminology
  • Chapter 1 Online Misogyny: Law and the Digital Feminist
  • Introduction Why this book and why now
  • What this book is (not) about
  • Addressing online misogyny through law: the limitations
  • Jurisdiction
  • Platform Regulation
  • Feminism, law and the fight against (online) misogyny
  • The rise of the digital feminist
  • Chapter 2 [Online] Misogyny: Old Problems, New Media?
  • 2.1. Introduction An open, participatory ideal?
  • 2.2. Social Media Abuse as a Modern Phenomenon
  • 2.3. From Offline to Online: the digital misogyny switch
  • 2.3.1. The Normalisation of Online Abuse
  • 2.3.2. Political Campaigning & The Techlash
  • 2.3.3. Intersectional Abuse Still Misogyny, Still a Techlash?
  • 2.4. Conclusion
  • Chapter 3 Online Communications: The Legal Landscape
  • 3.1. Introduction Comprehension, Competence, and Cohesion?
  • 3.2. The Limitation Paradox
  • 3.2.1. The Devolution Settlement
  • 3.2.2. The European Union Remit
  • 3.2.3. Limitations Competence v Cohesion?
  • 3.3. Legal Challenges of Online Communications Where Does the Problem Lie?
  • Part I Threats & Threats to Kill
  • 3.4. Threats & Threats to Kill
  • Part II Stalking & Harassment
  • 3.5. Stalking
  • 3.6. Harassment
  • Part III Communications
  • 3.7. Communications Networks
  • 3.8. Conclusions
  • Chapter 4 Hate Crime: The Limits of the Law
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Hate crime: development and classifications
  • 4.2.1. Defining hate crime
  • 4.2.2. Hate crime v Hate speech
  • 4.2.3. Hate speech and human rights
  • 4.2.4. Hate crime: the current legal framework in England & Wales
  • 4.2.5. Who is protected against hate crime?
  • 4.3. Extending the boundaries of hate crime: hate (re)defined
  • 4.3.1. Why the need to include gender in hate crime laws
  • 4.3.2. Gender as a protected characteristic: towards law reform
  • 4.4. Online hate (crimes)
  • 4.4.1. Does online make it different?
  • 4.5. Online misogyny as a hate crime
  • 4.6. Conclusions
  • Chapter 5 - #OVAW, The Internet & Hate: Unfinished (Legal) Business
  • 5.1. The realities of everyday, gender-based hate
  • 5.2. Online misogyny: not a legislative priority
  • 5.3. Implications for legal response and regulation
  • 5.4. Final Thought
  • Index.

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