UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has ordered a review of the United Kingdom’s counterterrorism strategy on how to best tackle threats by “extremist ideologies” including misogyny.
Other ideological trends to be investigated by the Home Office include “Islamism” and far-right “extremism”.
Cooper said the strategy will “map and monitor extremist trends” and gauge how to direct people away from them.
Around 460 people have so far appeared in magistrates’ courts relating to UK-wide riots in late July and early August that were sparked by disinformation regarding the suspect in a knife attack in Southport, Sky News reported.
At least 72 people under the age of 18 are believed to have been charged.
Several were charged for publishing material that contributed to the riots, including publishing written material to stir up racial hatred.
While the riots were primarily instigated by far-right provocateurs, many of these figures have also doubled up in the past and peddled misogyny.
One social media influencer blamed for spreading false information about incidents that led to the riots is Andrew Tate, who is regularly accused of advancing messaging that is prejudiced against women.
Misogyny goes beyond just words, and physical violence against women is still widespread in the UK, with a woman killed by a man every three days, according to the campaign group Femicide Census.
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