Archive | Hate Speech Laws

Officials recorded it as a “politically motivated right-wing crime.”

"Musk has converted X into a hate machine."

He's being investigated for "stirring up racial hatred in a social media post."

SPLC CEO: “Hate speech has no place in the South or our nation."

“This judgment clarifies the line between freedom of expression and incitement against an ethnic group."

“Today is a win for every single person who has been told to go back to where they came from."

New law would allow judges to put people under house arrest on suspicion that they might commit a "hate offence."

The grandfather was imprisoned for shouting "racist and provocative remarks."

She supported Brits burning down migrant housing.

It's the first time the law designed to prohibit KKK cross-burnings has won a verdict in a jury trial.

It helps that the slur-slinger was black.

"Real Madrid. . . will keep working to protect the club's values and eradicate any racist behaviour in the world of football."

Haitians don't understand free speech.

She's waiting for a "consensus" before bringing new hate-speech legislation forward.

The bill is still bad news for "racist" speech.

He was charged under a Virginia law "that criminalizes burning objects with the intent to intimidate."

British media call the idea a "far-right conspiracy theory."

Speedy justice for right-wing demonstrators.

His crime was to post "anti-Muslim and anti-establishment rhetoric."

Brit gets 18 months for offending foreigners.

"We will throw the full force of the law at people."

Elon told the censors to screw off.

The mild posts expressed concern over mass immigration.

Kamala's sidekick has no understanding of the First Amendment.

Director of public prosecutions says some posts could count as terrorism.

Bad news for the censors.

British police clamp down on free speech.

Germany is hysterical over "racist" symbolism.

It's a crime to say "Everything for Germany."

Anarcho-tyranny at its worst.

"This ruling is great news regarding the fight against racism in Spain."

“Some players cried in the dressing room after the game.”

“In principle, such slogans are always punishable."

If prosecuted, the singers could face five years in prison.

She brought attention to a vicious black-on-white beating.

They also wrote, “Stop living together, we want to live without them."

"It seems that our patriotism is being punished."

The bill is clearly aimed at censorship.

"Racially discriminatory, violent, extremist and especially National Socialist symbols have no place in our society."

Anarcho-tyranny.

How Americans learn to be doctors.

1984 comes to life.

The maximum penalty is a prison sentence of seven years.

Critics warn it will suppress speech.

Police claimed it was "unconstitutional content.”

The "school-to-prison pipeline" doesn't exist when it comes to "hate speech."

The case of Dries Van Langenhove.

AR speaker punished for being in a private chat where naughty memes were shared.

We may have to liberate Quebec and annex the West.

The stickers displayed hateful messages such as "Reject white guilt,”

Canada plans to suppress free speech even more.

Speaking power to truth.

Is it for the Irish or for everyone?

"We are under no illusions that 'Irish Lives Matter' is a racist slogan."

Government responds to migrant stabbing with a pledge to beef up hate-speech laws.

McGregor dared suggest the government act to prevent immigrant violence.

Unauthorized speech will get you five years in a British jail.

The tweet was an ad for the then-ruling conservative party.

He was just elected to Bavaria's parliament.

A new Florida law would have classified what he did as a felony.

"We must strenuously protect speech for the views that we most strongly oppose." Are we included?

No free speech in the UK.

“Is it people who do not have the same hygienic conditions as those on French soil who bring them?"

Eight months in prison for two Facebook posts.

Democracy means stiff penalties for those who mock leaders in private.

The men weren't serving at the time of the alleged offences.

Companies such as Audi and Pfizer paused advertising based on the group's research.

The coach allegedly said his team should not have "so many" black and Muslim players.

It passed the state House.

Accept the baseless libel — or else.

"This law aims to combat racism and create an egalitarian society."

"The proposed criminal laws . . . are an exercise in political posturing and empty symbolism."

He tweeted: "Immigration is killing the youth of France.”

Elon Musk calls it a "massive attack on freedom of speech."

Australians debate freedom of speech.