You host a blog or have published an article in an online newspaper, and the comments section is now full of insulting or violent messages.

Or perhaps you are being abused, insulted or threatened on social media, or you are receiving dozens of messages from people you don't even know who are belittling, denigrating or threatening you.

Is your email inbox being flooded with hate mail, abuse, insults and threats?

This is called hate speech. Hate speech can take very severe forms, and feels very threatening. But there are plenty of ways you can defend yourself against it. The following pages offer information on how to go about it.