Whether the stickers are hate speech, harassment, or just simply inappropriate, some educators consider the dilemma facing its community to draw the boundaries
between hate speech and harassment to be a perfect opportunity for education, with many calling for the school to offer sensitivity training to students.
Where to set the boundaries
between hate speech and legitimate advocacy for perspectives on the edge of the political spectrum, and who should set them, are complex and difficult questions.
Not exact matches
Over the past decade, Facebook has developed dozens of rules to draw the line
between what should and shouldn't be allowed on the platform to make Facebook a safer and less toxic place for its 2.2 billion users, from credible threats of harm to
hate speech.
As for
hate speech, it is a problem across social media — on Twitter and YouTube, too — where the platforms walk a fine line
between preventing abuse and restricting
speech.
(CNN)- The deaths of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans amid protests against a film that denigrates Islam has sparked global discussion and debate about whether there is a line
between free
speech and
hate speech and, if so, where it lies.
I am certain there have been many cases in the U.S. history that the court simply and clearly distinguished
between free
speech and
hate speech and has set very heavy sentences for folks who did not care if their words cause harm.
Some U.S. officials spoke to the tension
between U.S. support for free
speech and what some have described as the film's «
hate speech,» in reacting to the attacks.
CNN: Reaction to anti-Islam film fuels debate on free
speech versus
hate speech The deaths of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans amid protests against a film that denigrates Islam has sparked global discussion and debate about whether there is a line
between free
speech and
hate speech and, if so, where it lies.
Until one can accept that humans are mortal and imperfect beings, that judgement of one's soul is entirely
between God and that person, and live by the «Golden Rule»,
hate speech and
hate crimes will continue.
So, how will Nigerians know when to draw the line
between hate and non-
hate speech as it is not a leftist or rightist decision?
The prime minister's closing
speech yesterday won lukewarm reviews in the press, on a day still dominated by developments in the battle
between Miliband and the Mail over an article claiming his academic father «
hated Britain».
The distinction
between the expression of repugnant ideas and expression which exposes groups to hatred is crucial to understanding the proper application of
hate speech prohibitions.
«The government must be vigilant, as
hate speech and incitement can endanger social cohesion and threaten peace by deepening the existing tensions
between Nigeria's ethnic communities.»
What's the difference
between teasing, sarcasm, insulting, and
hate speech?
The case arises in the context of a debate over the relationship
between laws against
hate speech and the principles of freedom of
speech.
Christie, along with Ottawa lawyer Richard Warman, were the subjects of Canadian Lawyer's March 2009 cover story «War of the Words,» which looked at the battle
between the free
speech advocate and the push for laws outlawing
hate.
Thankfully, Canadian law relating to the elements required to establish defamation as well as the required elements to establish discrimination and
hate speech are notably distinct from the U.S.A, and in these areas better reflect international human rights standards on the balance that should be struck
between freedom of expression and the right to be free of both defamation and racial discrimination.
The group — which includes
hate speech monitor Myanmar ICT for Development Organization and the Center for Social Integrity — explained that some four days elapsed
between the sending of the first message and Facebook responding with a view to taking action.
Human rights experts for the U.N. have cited
hate speech on Facebook as a means by which people have proliferated anti-Rohingya propaganda, worsening the divide
between the two religious groups.
Soutphommasane explained in detail his concerns about the Federal Government's intention to repeal provisions of the Racial Discrimination Act, and additional reports this week that it might «tinker» with other parts of the Act that «draw a clear and unambiguous line
between genuine public debate and
hate speech».