Internet Watch Foundation

The law covering criminally racist material makes it an offence to stir up racial hatred against a group of persons in Great Britain defined by reference to colour, race, nationality (including citizenship) or ethnic or national origins.

 

We can process reports on UK hosted Internet content which users believe stirs up such hatred.

 

This act makes it an offence for a person to use threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, or to display any written material which is threatening, abusive or insulting, if;

 

(a) he intends thereby to stir up racial hatred, or
(b) having regard to all the circumstances racial hatred is likely to be stirred up thereby.

 

The Act covers the crime of Incitement to Racial Hatred. For more information about Hate Crimes click here.

 

The Act can be purchased from The Stationery Office.