The UK’s chilling “non-crime hate incident” law is as bad as it sounds and completely useless

In 2014, the UK introduced the logging of “non-crime hate incidents.” Data shows that more than 120,000 of such incidents have been recorded with many of them related to reports about online comments.

However, data shows that this Orwellian-sounding type of incidents have never once helped stop a crime. Not even once.

Supporters of the authoritarian law say it helps “measure tensions effectively and to prevent serious hostility and violence.” They also argue that recording these incidents is the first step towards tackling the escalating process of “dehumanization and ultimately murder.”

These non-crime hate incidents logs remain on someone’s records for six years, often in secret.

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