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.