Online abuse law fails to protect disabled people

Mon,21 January 2019
News Equality & Rights

Online abuse and the experience of disabled people.

This new Petitions Committee report shows the high level of abuse that disabled people receive online.

The Petitions Committee decided to investigate online abuse following Katie Price’s online petition which had 221,914 signatures.

Katie Price has a disabled child and both of them gave evidence to the Committee

The Petitions Committee report agrees with Katie Price’s petition that the law on online abuse is not fit for purpose.

Read the report and its recommendations on the Petitions Committee website