online hate speech

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.

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.

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.

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

Court rules that group chat “jokes” were actually “Nazi ideology” hate speech, and that the chat constitutes a public space.

A Conservative politician was arrested in England for the hate crime of sharing a video showing the detention of a Christian street preacher.

Germany launched procedures to fine Twitter for alleged failures to remove “illegal” content on the platform, such as hate speech and insults.

French LGBT groups have filed a criminal complaint against feminists over comments on allowing transgender women in women’s spaces. 

Populist French Senator Stéphane Ravier faces a criminal trial after publishing a tweet in January of last year in which he stated that “immigration kills the youth of France.”

The United States will soon implement laws against so-called hate speech, a top Eurocrat claimed at the World Economic Forum.

A Norwegian filmmaker is facing up to three years in jail for posting on Facebook that male-to-female transgenders can’t be lesbians — an apparent violation of the country’s hate speech laws.

French President Emmanuel Macron demanded that Elon Musk abides by European Union restrictions on speech on Twitter in a meeting on Friday.

Britain’s police have come under criticism again after they arrested a mother of five for allegedly posting offensive statements online.

A police force has been chastised by its own elected commissioner for arresting a British Army veteran for posting a meme while burglaries are ignored.

Police in Britain were filmed arresting a military veteran for posting a meme critical of woke gender ideology on Facebook.

A UK police force said they will be “monitoring” their social media posts for hate speech as officers appeared with the Progress Pride flag.

London’s leftist Mayor joined the long list of political figures queuing up to tell Elon Musk how Twitter should be run if he buys it.

Elon Musk has seemingly kowtowed to the EU on internet free speech, declaring he is “exactly aligned” with the bloc’s censorship regulations.

Another big tech clampdown on free speech online appears to be forthcoming after the European Union agreed in principle more online censorship laws on Saturday.

A Scottish man has been sentenced to 150 hours of community service after being found guilty of writing a “grossly offensive” tweet.

Ireland’s parliament is currently considering a new media law that would push for the creation and dissemination of climate change propaganda.

A further tightening of criminal restrictions on online speech is being looked at by the UK’s Conservative Party government.

Britons who commit “online racism” will be barred from attending football matches Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Wednesday.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government proposed legislation on Wednesday, Bill C-36, that is aimed at combating “hate speech” and “hate propaganda.”

Police should wipe allegations of so-called non-crime hate incidents from the record if no crime was found to have been committed, Home Secretary Priti Patel reportedly told police leaders.

Earlier this month, Breitbart News exclusively published an unreleased federal report concluding that there is no link between internet free speech and “hate crimes.” The report was prepared by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and was sent to Congress, but has yet to appear on any government website.

Boris Johnson’s Culture Secretary has stated that social media firms will be mandated by the government to remove content that would be “illegal on the street” as a part of the upcoming Online Safety Bill.

Freedom of speech on the internet did not lead to a rise in “hate crimes,” according to a report sent from the U.S. Department of Commerce to Congress in January — a report that has yet to appear on any government website.

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.

Scots 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