Topic
Hate Speech
337 published works
Religion Clause
Suit By Law Prof and Internet Site Challenges NY Statute on Online Hate Speech
In May, the New York legislature enacted A7685-A requiring social media networks to provide a means for its users to report postings which vilify, humiliate or incite violence group on the…
Simple Justice
FIRE Challenges New York’s Attempt To Police Internet Hate Speech
Not that it applies here, as SJ does not exist for “profit-making purposes,”* but the New York lege enacted a new law that would require any website that allows users…
The Right Coast
“Stochastic Terrorism” Is About Suppressing Free Speech
In an opinion piece for Scientific American, writer Bryn Nelson insinuated that my factual reporting on Drag Queen Story Hour was an example of stochastic terrorism, which he defines as…
Simple Justice
Short Take: Chappelle Said “The Jews”
Before they had any clue what he would say, the writers at Saturday Night Live were ready to storm the castle, because Dave Chappelle, black comedian though he may be,…
PrawfsBlawg
Adjectives and verbs
Main Friday, November 04, 2022Adjectives and verbsWhen Donald Trump ran for President in 2016, there was a lot of talk about whether he was racist, which allowed him to defend…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
WIRTW #649: the “Ye” edition
We need to talk about Kanye. In the wake of his rampant and unapologetic antisemitism, people are hanging antisemitic banners on highway overpasses and projecting antisemitic slogans on the side…
Religion Clause
Canadian Court Sentences Former Politician on Charge of Antisemitic Hate Speech
Ottawa City News reports on the sentencing by a Saskatchewan trial court of the leader of a now defunct political party for violation of Canada's hate speech law:The former leader of…
Michael Geist
A Failure of Responsibility: My Reflections on Canadian Heritage Funding an Anti-Semite and Being Wrongly Called Racist by a Sitting MP
It is thankfully not everyday that a sitting Member of Parliament uses social media to suggest that you are racist. Yet that is precisely what happened to me last week…
Media Law Prof Blog
Bowman and Gelber on Responding to Hate Speech: Counterspeech and the University @Prof_KBowman @KGelber @michiganstateu @UQ_News
Kristine L. Bowman, Michigan State University, and Katharine Gelber, University of Queensland, have published Responding to Hate Speech: Counterspeech and the University at 28 Virginia Journal of Social Policy and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Go Home! collection of essays
"Go home!" is always a slur, but often also an impossibility; this collection explores the words' personal and political dimensions.New, emerging, and established Asian diasporic writers touch on the personal…