Scotland Yard is to set up a unit which will be tasked with investigating offensive comments posted on the internet.
The police force, Britain's biggest, plans to spend £1.7 million to set up its Twitter cop-squad.
The Home Office will also be putting £452,756 into the Online Hate Crime Hub, which is due to run for two years.
Five detectives will run the squad, supported by army volunteers who will be trained in the art of quashing online trolls.
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