People who persistently spread racial hatred online could be given "internet Asbos" banning them from sites such as Twitter and Facebook, under proposals to crack down on a "disturbing" rise in anti-Semitism in Britain.
A group of MPs has called on the Crown Prosecution Service to examine whether prevention orders, similar to those which can be used to restrict sex offenders' online access, could be applied to hate crimes.
The request follows an alarming rise in incidents against Jews which occurred during fighting in Gaza and Israel last year.
The issue has come under renewed scrutiny following the Paris terror attacks in which a Jewish supermarket was targeted.
The MPs' report says that "Hitler" and "Holocaust" were among the top 35 key words used on Twitter last summer.
Highly abusive posts on the microblogging site were singled out, including the hashtag "Hitler was right", which was trending in July, as well as the "presence of Hitlerian themes and imagery on Facebook".
The report said: "There is an allowance in the law for banning or blocking individuals from certain aspects of internet communication in relation to sexual offences.
"Informal feedback we have received from policy experts indicates that this is a potential area of exploration for prosecutors in relation to hate crime.
"If it can be proven in a detailed way that someone has made a considered and determined view to exploit various online networks to harm and perpetrate hate crimes against others then the accepted principles, rules and restrictions that are relevant to sex offences must surely apply."
It comes after Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo admitted they "suck" at dealing with abuse and so-called trolling, vowing in an internal memo to "start kicking these people off right and left".
The MPs' report said: "Given the scale of social media content produced on a daily let alone minute by minute basis, we have some albeit limited sympathy for the companies that are responsible for hosting it.
"Whilst there is rightly an expectation on those companies to act as there is on government, police and prosecuting authorities, so too civil society has a crucial role to play."
Other proposals in the report include setting up a government fund to cover the costs of security at synagogues and establishing an independent council on anti-Semitism.
Last week, figures released by the Community Security Trust - a charity that monitors anti-Semitism and provides security for the Jewish community in Britain - showed there were a record number of anti-Semitic hate incidents in the UK last year.
Data from the Metropolitan Police supplied to the panel showed that there were 306 anti-Semitic incidents and 236 offences in London between April and November last year.
Prime Minister David Cameron described the report as "hugely important", adding: "Tackling anti-Semitism goes right to the heart of what we stand for as a country."
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said: "We remain staunchly committed to tackling anti-Semitism wherever it occurs and will continue to take a zero-tolerance approach.
"Those who perpetrate hate crimes of any kind will be punished with the full force of the law."
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis welcomed the report, saying it "could not come at a more opportune time".
He said: "The threat against the Jewish community is real and anxiety remains high following recent events in France and elsewhere."
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