hate speech

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) released a report on December 12 that found freedom of expression has declined sharply over the past decade.

There is “cause for cautious optimism”, say the Free Speech Union as the UK College of Policing moves to all-but-abolish NCHIs.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday that his government will seek to further expand restrictions on so-called “hate speech” in the wake of the Islamist terror attack against Jewish people on Bondi Beach in Sydney.

The Australian government is touting tougher hate speech laws in the wake of the terrorist shooting rampage at Bondi Beach in Sydney last weekend, including higher penalties for promoting violence and plans for a watchlist of organizations that “promote violence or racial hatred.”

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has reportedly filed hundreds of criminal complaints against members of the public for insulting him during his tenure as a politician.

Labour astroturfing posing as grassroots anti-“Fake News” group worked to kneecap outlets threatening its globalist worldview, says report.

In an “important victory for free speech”, Father Ted creator Graham Linehan was found not guilty of harassment over posts made on social media about a transgender activist

Venezuelan 65-year-old doctor Marggie Orozco was sentenced to 30 years in prison for criticizing the regime of socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro in a WhatsApp voice note in 2024, Venezuelan outlets reported Monday.

President Donald Trump admonished ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl on Tuesday, telling him he has “a lot of hate in [his] heart.” 

A man who is allegedly a student at Texas State University San Marcos is seen in a video mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The man can be seen pretending to be shot in the neck and collapsing. The incident occurred on Monday during a Charlie Kirk vigil on the San Marcos, Texas, campus.

Governor Greg Abbott said Texas Tech University student Camryn Giselle Booker “picked the wrong school to taunt the death of Charlie Kirk.” Booker was not only arrested, but Texas Tech expelled her from the university.

A Facebook post by Houston’s ABC13 news station announcing President Donald Trump’s plan to award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom ignited a wave of vitriolic reactions. Hundreds of leftist commenters openly celebrate the conservative speaker’s assassination and mock

Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan is seeking asylum in the United States after he was arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport over anti-transgender social media posts he made.

Award-winning Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan said that he was arrested in London over posts on social media criticising transgenderism.

A collection of mosques and Islamic organisations filed a complaint against Dutch Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders on Monday, accusing the populist politician of inciting hatred and violence against Muslims.

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) has established a $1.3 million legal defense fund to help Christians against growing persecution in Europe. The Graham family is urging Christians around the world to speak out against assaults on their religious freedom.

A German court on Wednesday acquitted a satirist who was charged with having approved of an assassination attempt against Donald Trump during last year’s U.S. election campaign in a social media post and disturbed the public peace.

The Irish government is reportedly set to reject demands from the European Union to implement hate speech legislation after Dublin abandoned plans to do so last year.

An English mother who was sentenced to nearly three years in prison over a social media post in the wake of the horrific murder of three children in Southport has been denied early release by the Court of Appeal.

The United Nations marked Monday, April 7 as the 31st anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, in which a million men, women, and children from the Tutsi tribe were slaughtered, along with members of the rival Hutu tribe who spoke out against the bloodbath. 

South Africa’s highest court, the Constitutional Court, has refused to allow an appeal of a lower court’s decision that the phrase “Kill the Boer,” referring to Afrikaners and farmers, was not hate speech or incitement under the law.

In the wake of Conor McGregor announcing his intention to run for president, Irish prosecutors are reportedly considering charging the UFC legend over allegedly “inciting hatred” amid the 2023 Dublin riots.

American broadcaster CBS followed German police as they raided homes for speech crimes, such as posting a “racist cartoon” on the internet after U.S. Vice President JD Vance criticised censorship across Europe.

A leaked Home Office report has called on the UK government to revamp efforts to crack down on so-called “non-crime hate incidents” to counter extremism within the country. 

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Wednesday that his government is meeting to prepare a response to the “hostile posture” adopted by Algeria.

A German political activist who was the victim of an Islamist knife attack during a rally in Mannheim in May has been fined for supposedly inciting hatred against Muslim migrants.

The Irish parliament passed hate crime legislation on Wednesday evening, which includes within it a self-identifying definition of gender.

Australian police are investigating at least six instances of “prohibited symbols and chants” — specifically, chants and flags associated with the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah — after pro-Palestinian groups held angry protests in Melbourne and other cities on Sunday to protest the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

The Irish government has abandoned plans to implement controversial new hate speech laws following widespread backlash from free speech advocates.

Labour Party government in Britain is reportedly considering plans to encourage police forces to once again record so-called “non-crime hate incidents” en masse.

The United Nations issued a warning to the UK on Friday saying the time has come for it to take action to curb racist hate speech, including by politicians.

A leading EU parliamentarian warned Elon Musk that X could be shut down entirely in the bloc over “disinformation and hate speech”.

British Police chiefs have revealed that over 1,000 people have been arrested in the wake of the recent anti-mass migration riots.

A full-on ‘Twitter beef’ has erupted between X owner and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, and the leftist British government.

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer said that if elected, his government would take a hardline approach in policing “Islamophobia”.

PragerU announced that its app had been reinstated to the Google Play Store hours after Google removed it claiming it promoted “hate speech.”