The Home Office says updated guidance will end the policing of "everyday arguments" online.
The UK government is to change when police forces in England and Wales record non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs), in a bid to end the policing of "everyday arguments".
New Home Office guidance will say that forces should only log incidents that are potentially "relevant to policing".
It comes after a review by police chiefs found the system, developed in the mid-2000s, had increasingly seen officers drawn into policing debates on social media.
However the Conservatives say the move from Labour ministers does not go far enough, calling it "simply a rebrand".
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