By John Glenday

The Crown Prosecution Service has issued new guidelines for prosecutors in England and Wales informing them that online abuse and hate speech should be treated with equivalence to cases of physical abuse.

Updated guidance describes social media abuse as “equally devastating” to shouted insults across the street amid warnings that the internet and social media offer abusers safe harbours from which to wage vendettas.

Alison Saunders, director of public prosecutions, told the Guardian: “Whether shouted in their face on the street, daubed on their wall or tweeted into their living room, the impact of hateful abuse Read full story ›

Source: The Drum