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
