Government Considers Including ‘Extreme Misogyny’ as a Form of Terrorism

Home Office Minister Jess Phillips has said that misogyny will be treated as “any other extreme ideology,” as the government pledges to crack down on those “pushing harmful beliefs.” On concerns that treating misogyny as extremism could criminalise free speech, Phillips told LBC on Sunday, the government would use “the exact same test you would with far-right extremism and Islamism.” Phillips, the secretary of state for safeguarding and violence against women, said, “It’s not OK any more to ignore the massive growing threat caused by online hatred towards women, and for us to ignore it because we’re worried about the line [of free speech and opinion], rather than making sure the line is in the right place as we would do with any other extremist ideology.”...