Recommendation 21

Alongside the introduction of the new communications offences, we recommend that the Government ensures the police and other law enforcement bodies have adequate resources to effectively investigate and prosecute communications, hate crime, and Violence Against Women and Girls offences committed online. This should include scaling up the work of existing specialist teams such as the Online Hate Crime Hub. The Government should also ensure police officers are being offered the right training to identify when these offences have been committed and to support victims of these offences when they come forward. (Paragraph 86) Anonymity and accountability