The UK’s communication regulator Ofcom has widened its definition of hate speech by including prejudice against the transgender community.
The updated rules state: “All forms of expression which spread, incite, promote or justify hatred based on intolerance on the grounds of disability, ethnicity, social origin, gender, sex, gender reassignment, nationality, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, colour, genetic features, language, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth or age.” The inclusive change was made after adjustments were implemented to the Audiovisual Media Services Regulation (AVMS) 2020.