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Hate Speech
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Media Law Prof Blog
Hate Speech In Cyberspace
Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, both University of Alabama School of Law, have published Hate Speech in Cyberspace in volume 49 of the Wake Forest Law Review (2014). Here is…
Socially Aware Blog
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By Aaron Rubin
Unfree speech? In the United States, the First Amendment would likely prevent the prosecution of someone who posted racist or anti-Semitic messages on a social media platform. But social media…
The Right Coast
Taxpayers to Subsidize ‘Ministry of Truthiness’; Will Track ‘Misleading Ideas’, ‘Hate Speech’ – Liberty Unyielding
The Washington Free Beacon reported yesterday that:The federal government is spending nearly $1 million to create an online database that will track misinformation and hate speech on Twitter. via libertyunyielding.comGroan.
Media Law Prof Blog
Hate Speech Jurisprudence of Various International Tribunals
Gregory S. Gordon, University of North Dakota School of Law, has published The Forgotten Nuremberg Hate Speech Case: Otto Dietrich and the Future of Persecution Law in volume 75 of…
Media Law Prof Blog
Prosecuting Politicians For Hate Speech in Finland
Heli Askola, Monash University Faculty of Law, is publishing `Taking the Bait? Lessons from a ‘Hate Speech' Prosecution, in the Canadian Journal of Law and Society (2014). Here is the abstract.This article…
The Right Coast
Swastika banner flies over Coney Island; beach-goers complain – Los Angeles Times
small plane carrying a banner of a swastika, flew above Coney Island beaches over the weekend as part of an annual effort by the International Raelian Movement to resurrect it…
Media Law Prof Blog
Online Harassment, Defamation, and Hateful Speech and Legal Remedies
Alice E. Marwick, Fordham University, Communication and Media Studies; McGannon Center, and Ross W. Miller, Fordham University School of Law, have published Online Harassment, Defamation, and Hateful Speech: A Primer of…
Media Law Prof Blog
Hate Speech Laws
James Allan, University of Queensland, T. C. Beirne School of Law, has published Hate Speech Law and Disagreement as University of Queensland TC Beirne School of Law Research Paper No.…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
The Normativity of Using Prison to Control Hate Speech: The Hollowness of Waldron’s Harm Theory
The title of this post comes from this recent article arguing that imposing prison sentences for hate speech is disproportionate to the harm stemming from such speech, and as a…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
American Indian Movement seeks ban on “printing or broadcasting” of Redskins’ logo at Nov. 7 game
On October 11, 2013, The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that the American Indian Movement asked Minneapolis officials to ban the Washington Redskins' "name and logo" from the Metrodome's broadcasts and available materials…