Posted on September 21, 2017 Leave a Comment
“This will change the way people view online abuse,” Newham Councillor Seyi Akiwowo, who was targeted by racist trolls, told BuzzFeed News. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) today committed to treat online hate crime as seriously as offline offences, while taking into account the potential impact on the wider community as well as the victim. […]
Posted on August 21, 2017 Leave a Comment
Today the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced its commitment for online hate crime to be treated the same as face to face hate crime. Glitch UK welcomes this harsher punishment and believes this announcement sends a strong signal that the criminal justice system must take online abuse seriously. In 2015 the Malicious Communications Act […]
Posted on April 24, 2017 Leave a Comment
This morning I was up super early to speak with Jason Rosam on BBC London Radio to talk about the Mayor of London‘s brilliant new police unit to tackle online hate crime. The Online Hate Crime Hub is made up of specially trained officers who will work with community groups. social media organisations, academic hate crime specialists […]
Posted on April 13, 2017 Leave a Comment
The 1st February 2016 was the first time I had ever been called a N****r. I wasn’t called a N***** once, or twice but three times in the space of 20 minutes by people online I had never met and will probably (more like hopefully) never meet in my entire life. Looking back now […]
Posted on December 19, 2016 1 Comment
22nd June 2016: For Women of Colour, the EU Equals Hope, letters 3rd April 2015: Why Do Fewer Women Tweet Political Party Hashtags?– by Laura Bates
Posted on December 18, 2016 Leave a Comment
European Youth Forum Brussels, Belgium The European Youth Forum (YFJ) is the Platform of Youth Organisations in Europe striving for Youth Rights. Representing 99 National Youth Councils and International Youth Organisations from across Europe, the Forum works to empower young people to participate actively in society to improve their own lives, by representing and advocating […]
Posted on December 18, 2016 Leave a Comment
June 2014: Newham Mag, Selection from Election: Results, Issue 300, Page 24-30 Sept 2015: Newham Mag, Painting the Garden Fence, Issue, 325, Page 13 May 2016: Newham Mag Appeal to Rezone Station, Issue 340, Page 05 July 2016: Newham Mag, Police and Pupils on the Arts Beat, Issue 346, Page 04 Sept 2016: Newham Mag, Art […]
Posted on December 18, 2016 Leave a Comment
May 2012: OHTV 2Gether Magazine- Page 20 & 21 Feb 2015: OHTV Real Talk Road Show Live from UEL April 2015: OHTV 2gether Magazine- Page 24
Posted on December 18, 2016 Leave a Comment
Maryland residents anger over ‘dirty and messy’ Tesco store 2nd Feb 2017: Newham councillor Seyi Akiwowo told she should die from a STD by racist trolls on Twitter 2nd Jan 2017: Forest Gate Councillor Calls for Questions by Jon King 15th Nov 2016: Police ‘Using all of our Resources’ to Tackle Rising Gun Crime in Newham- […]
Posted on December 17, 2016 Leave a Comment
My name is Seyi (Shay-ee) Akiwowo (Aki-wo-wo) and I am an Afropean (British/European Nigerian) living in London. I am a Fellow at Royal Society of the Arts and have had eight successful years working in the social policy and sustainable development sectors in the UK and abroad in places like Kuwait, Istanbul, UAE, Prague, Brussels, India and […]
