In a blistering report published Friday, the United Nations has declared that the U.K must do more to curb hate speech and other inflammatory things against minority individuals and groups.
The Lowdown
In a problem that seems to be global, hate speech is on the rise and the United Nations is taking notice. According to a report published over the weekend, the U.K is particularly seeing its own rise in hate speech and violent rhetoric towards non-white people and migrants.
BBC reports that the government claims it is doing the utmost it can to curb the violence, some of which it most recently called ‘violent thuggery’ following the violent riots that unfolded over false claims and a whirlwind of misinformation.