1/ Really important report by @CommissionCE today explores how hate creates space for the “moral case for violence” while stopping short of the threshold for criminal prosecution. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
2/ Sara Khan, the Lead Commissioner (and formerly CEO of Inspire), deserves a lot of credit for taking on all forms of hate in this report and recognising how hate and intolerance on any side breeds further hate on all sides and can legitimate extremism and violence.
3/ UK anti-hate infrastructure has at times been unfairly labelled as inherently racist and anti-Muslim, because it grew considerably in response to Islamist terrorism. I'm proud that people like Sara, from the Muslim community, lead the fight for tolerance and against hate.
4/ Countering hate is a deadly serious business. It can seem too little at times to deal with trolling, for example - as @CCDHate did with #DontFeedTheTrolls - but dissecting the ecosystem of hatred and dealing with its components is a vital part of the overall fight.
5/ I hope HMG listens to @CommissionCE closely and puts in place a new infrastructure with a proper hub function to coalesce the various actors in the antihate space so we can work together even better to combat the digitally-enabled rise of new, insidious hate actors.
