Police forces in Britain have recorded some 120,000 allegations of so-called hate speech, though not one instance has been found to have stopped any actual crimes.
A British police officer has been charged with a criminal offence for allegedly sharing a “grossly offensive” meme of George Floyd in a private message group with other officers. Sergeant Geraint Jones, 47, of the Devon and Cornwall police force,
The Irish government has proposed making it a crime to share ‘hate’ comments on social media platforms even if someone else wrote of them.
Scotts who say that trans women are not actually women will face criminal prosecution if a court finds that their speech “stirred up hatred”.
Boris Johnson should pass a Free Speech Act modelled on the United States First Amendment aid the Adam Smith Institute.
Swedish government investigator Carl Heath has recommended the government crack down even harder on so-called hate speech online, as well as disinformation and propaganda.
Scottish YouTuber and comedian, Count Dankula, said that the impeding Hate Crime and Public Order law in Scotland — which criminalises ‘stirring up hatred’ — is a new form of puritanism, saying that “the same boomer level argument” that sought
A British sergeant for the Devon and Cornwall Police force is under criminal investigation for sharing an ‘offensive’ meme of George Floyd in a private group message with other officers. The image of Mr Floyd was reportedly shared by the
A 52-year-old Swedish man has been convicted for “hate” comments posted in a social media group, despite the comments having been written by other people.
The Swedish Defence Research Institute (FOI), along with other partners, have created a “hate speech robot” online and are asking members of the public to give it examples to form an algorithm to fight against “hate” on social media platforms.
The unelected European Commission is planning new laws and fines targeting Internet firms like Google, Twitter, and Facebook if they do not censor content they consider illegal within 24 hours.
A doctor in the Swedish county of Västernorrland has been fired after being accused of spreading “Nazi” messages on his social media accounts by his employers.
Swedish political commentator Jan Sjunnesson was interrogated by police after a well-known “anti-hate group” reported him for sharing a satirical book cover mocking Islamic sharia law on Facebook.
