A specialist police squad is being set up to target trolls who commit online hate crimes.
The dedicated team of officers will provide support to victims as well as identify offenders.
The move comes amid heightened concerns over online abuse in the wake of the Brexit vote and during the Labour leadership election.
The Online Hate Crime Hub will identify the location of crimes and allocate them to the appropriate force.
The move comes in response to a consultation by the London Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) that identified the growing problem of online hate crime.
While it had the potential to impact on a larger number of people, social media provided offenders with a veil of anonymity, making them harder to catch, the consultation found.
It also said the police response to online hate crime was inconsistent, mainly because officers were not equipped to tackle it.
The issue of online abuse has been brought into sharp focus after a series of high-profile cases.
Back in 2014, a man was jailed for sending a barrage of abusive messages to Labour MP Stella Creasy, including threats to rape her.
Activist Caroline Criado-Perez also received threats of sexual violence during a campaign to feature Jane Austen on the new £10 banknote.
More recently, there has been complaints over online abuse by Labour activists during the party's leadership election.
More than 40 women Labour MPs wrote to Jeremy Corbyn calling on him to do more to tackle abuse, which they said was "being done in your name".
MP Jess Phillips, who represents Birmingham Yardley, said last month she had been forced to tighten the security at her home after a picture was mocked up of her dying.
A sharp rise in online racial abuse was also reported in the wake of the Brexit vote.
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