The case arises in the context of a debate over the relationship between
laws against hate speech and the principles of freedom of speech.
As reactive strategies there may be a world of difference between a solidarity rally and formal legal action alleging the violation of criminal law
rules against hate speech.
Did the protestors, by effectively making the area surrounding the planned talk so unsafe that it had to be cancelled, infringe on the speaker's first amendment rights or simply take a militant
stance against hate speech?
Fayose, who said he was
totally against hate speech and would support any effort to curb it, added that it was important to caution the Federal Government on the danger inherent in the blanket categorisation of hate speech as treasonable.
It looked like Facebook was trying to bolster its forever -
war against hate speech on the platform, primarily fought with algorithms and human staffers, by simply asking users to call it out.
The moment you start banning any form of speech, those that want a topic protected (say for example a gov» t policy) will simply declare any
dissent against it hate speech.
«While we recognize the obligation to
protect against hate speech that constitutes incitement to hostility, discrimination or violence, this should not be used as a pretext to clampdown on legitimate exercise of the right to freedom of expression that does not constitute incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence.
His words: «I urge you to use your good institutions to
preach against hate speech as well as promote tolerance among the people of divergence views.»
Since early in 2008, he has been engaged in a public campaign to abolish the
prohibition against hate speech toward an identifiable group, as set out in section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, As part of this campaign he has sought to denormalize the CHRC and other provincial Human Rights Commissions across the country.
The programs that detect posts that are against Facebook's policies will gain more accuracy across more languages, Facebook says, supporting the platform's ongoing
work against hate speech, terrorism, and fake news.
Zuckerberg followed this statement by talking about the different means with which countries
legislate against hate speech, noting «I think when you start getting into micromanagement, of «Oh, you need to have this specific queue or this,» which I think what you were saying is the German model — you have to handle hate speech in this way — in some ways that's actually backfired.»
When it came to pinning down what those regulations might look like, Zuckerberg said he thinks «guidelines are much better than dictating specific processes,» pointing to how he thought laws
against hate speech in Germany «backfired.»
He said, «While I am
totally against hate speech and will support any effort to curb it, it is important to caution the Federal Government on the danger inherent in the blanket categorisation of hate speech as treasonable.
God is
against hate speech, racial slurs and derogatory comments because He is a God of love.
There is no law
against hate speech.
There is reportedly a law
against hate speech, which does not actually ban any speech and does not penalize any speech, so it's more a legislative position statement.
Usually, laws
against hate speech are limited to enumerated protected classes or topics.
Freedom of religion might provide a basis for a special overriding of a law
against hate speech.
In the US, laws
against hate speech would be unconstitutional per the First Amendment.
These may include: Laws against extremist political sppech (i.e., anti-Nazi laws) Laws
against hate speech or racial or sexually discriminatory speech Laws against criticizing or hurting the feelings of specific...
In an email response to CNBC, Facebook said that it has clear rules
against hate speech and incitement to violence, and that it has already contacted the -LSB-...]