Abstract
This chapter reports on the framework of legal and regulatory channels in place to deal with cyber racism (with specific reference to Australia), to identify how this issue can be tackled more effectively. It offers insights on how to approach the issue of regulation in the future and argues for the strengthening of administrative remedies over criminalisation and strategies for promoting ethical behaviour online, an awareness of human rights and prevention over prosecution.
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In 2014, during debates regarding proposed amendments to racial discrimination legislation, the Australian Attorney-General George Brandis controversially asserted that: “People do have a right to be bigots” (Griffiths 2014).
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