Hate Speech

RT the Hate: France and Twitter Censorship, Part Two

Submitted by on

Last October I wrote about the rise in popularity among French Twitter users of the hashtag #unbonjuif ("a good jew"). In December we saw a growth in other offensive hashtags, including the homophobic #Simonfilsestgay, ("if my son is gay") or the xenophobic #SimaFilleRamèneUnNoir ("if my daughter brings a Black man home").

Jurisdiction: 

Subject Area: 

France Continues to Confuse Censorship with Civility

Submitted by on

A French court last month stomped on what we in the United States consider a “basic, vital, and well-established liberty” – the right to record and publish the public activity of police.

Jurisdiction: 

Content Type: 

Subject Area: 

Hate Speech v. Freedom of Expression in a 'Pleasantly Authoritarian Country' (aka Canada)

Submitted by on

The United States is something of an outlier in the world when it comes to hate speech.  Whereas laws prohibiting hate speech in the U.S.

Jurisdiction: 

Subject Area: 

Ban 'Hate Speech' at Your Own Peril

Submitted by on

Glenn Greenwald accurately explains the grotesque result of laws that seek to curb that amorphous problem of “hate speech” — a concept that turns free speech on its head. And unlike many of his colleagues on the political left, Greenwald explains why he’s defending people whose speech frequently deserves contempt:

Subject Area: 

Subscribe to Hate Speech