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Hate Speech
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Technology Law Dispatch
German government introduces new bill to amend Germany’s Hate Speech Act, establishing new requirements for social networks and video-sharing platforms
By Dr. Alexander Hardinghaus, Ramona Kimmich, Sven Schonhofen
On April 1, 2020, Germany’s federal government published a new draft bill to amend the German Hate Speech Act (Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz – “NetzDG”; see also our earlier blog of October 2,…
Legal Profession Blog
Findings Of Misconduct For The Forum Of Hate
Findings of fact and conclusions of law have been filed by the hearing judge in a Maryland bar disciplinary case of potentially significant implications in the regulation of attorney hate…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
CFP Summer Conference in Florence, Italy: Women’s Rights as Human Rights
By Tracy Thomas
Gonzaga University School of Law's 2020 human rights conference, Women's Rights as Human Rights, is confirmed for June 7-8, 2020 in Florence, Italy. The conference will open on June 7 with an evening keynote reception at Palazzo Budini Gattai in central…
The Right Coast
French teenager put under police protection after Instagram anti-Islam rant
The case of 16-year-old Mila - who has received a slew of death threats for calling Islam a shitty religion - has come just over five years after a group…
Simple Justice
Your Cause, His Life
One of the two UConn students who was arrested for saying the “n-word” in a parking lot at night has cut a deal. A judge on Tuesday accepted Jarred Karal’s…
PrawfsBlawg
AJC’s @JewishandProud Day (Updated)
Main Monday, January 06, 2020AJC's @JewishandProud Day (Updated)AJC has designated today--Monday, January 6--as #JewishandProud Day, with a campaign urging people to "wear your Jewishness publicly" and to post pictures with…
Media Law Prof Blog
Topidi on Words That Hurt: Normative and Institutional Considerations in the Regulation of Hate Speech in Europe @ECMIFlensburg
Kyriadi Topidi, European Centre for Minority Issues; Institute of Law and Religion, Faculty of Law, has published Words that Hurt (1): Normative and Institutional Considerations in the Regulation of Hate…
Simple Justice
It’s Okay, But Don’t Be A Dick About It
The student’s name remains a mystery, as does the reason for his initial suspension. But his expulsion came after a blaze of glory so remarkably idiotic as to leave no…
Religion Clause
New USCIRF Report on Apostasy, Blasphemy and Hate Speech Laws In Africa
Yesterday, he U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released a 50-page report titled Apostasy, Blasphemy, and Hate Speech Laws in Africa: Implications for Freedom of Religion or Belief (full text of…
Simple Justice
Yelling The N-Word Into The Void
There was never any serious question that the prosecution would be prohibited under RAV v. St. Paul, the 1992 Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment prohibited criminalizing expressions of…