ABSTRACT
Online misogyny has gained much international media coverage and attracted calls for urgent responses — from society, law, politics, platform regulators, and social media platforms alike — yet, little has been done to trigger meaningful and lasting change. Online misogyny, which is typically expressed through text-based abuse on social media, has remained outside the scope of legal regulation to date. The issue of jurisdiction in terms of the Internet represents a complicating factor when approaching the problem of hate online. Platform providers have a responsibility to ensure that their users are in compliance with their own codes of conduct. Feminist legal scholars have long demonstrated the gender-bias of the law and critiqued its neutrality and objectivity. The emergence of the Internet and social media has had an immense impact on feminism and feminist activism. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
