Topic
Hate Speech
337 published works
Media Law Prof Blog
The Blues Brothers and the First Amendment
Julien Mailland, Indiana University Department of Telecommunications & University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication, has published The Blues Brothers and the American Constitutional Protection of Hate Speech: Teaching…
International Law Prof Blog
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
The United Nations committee tasked with combating racial discrimination has opened its latest round of work in Geneva with a focus on stopping the spread of racist hate speech on…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Twitter Accepts Jurisdiction of French Court
By Peter Vogel
Rather than fight French jurisdiction Twitter provided information regarding the identity of posters who allegedly violated French law by posting hate speech. After the French court issued an Order in…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
IAPP Piece Explores Jurisdictional Implications of French Court’s Privacy/Hate Speech Dilemma
By HL Chronicle of Data Protection
On June 12, a French Court of Appeals upheld a decision ordering Twitter to divulge the identities of the authors of anti-Semitic tweets, which are illegal under French law. In…
Media Law Prof Blog
The Defense of Free Speech Around the World
Robert A. Kahn, University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota), has published 'First Amendment' Pioneers in a European Land of Hate Speech Bans: Flemming Rose, Geert Wilders and Liberté Pour…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Humboldt State University Study Analyses Hate Speech on Twitter
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education reports that students at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California, have conducted a detailed study of derogatory comments made on Twitter. The students…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
IAPP Piece Explores Intersection of Privacy/Anonymity and Hate Speech
By HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Anonymity can provide internet users with benefits but can also facilitate the publishing of hurtful or hateful comments online, reports Hogan Lovells privacy leader Chris Wolf in a recent post…
Media Law Prof Blog
Hate Speech In the Hungarian Legal Regime
András Koltay, Peter Pazmany Catholic University; Hungarian Academy of Sciences, has published Hate Speech and the Protection of Communities in the Hungarian Legal System. Here is the abstract. The Hungarian notion “gyűlöletbeszéd”…
Media Law Prof Blog
The Treatment of Hate Speech In the Israeli Legal Regime
Raphael Cohen-Almagor, Director, Middle East Study Group, University of Hull, has published Is Law Appropriate to Regulate Hateful and Racist Speech: The Israeli Experience at 27 The Israel Studies Review…
Media Law Prof Blog
Hate Speech In the Hungarian Legal Regime
Andras Koltay, Peter Pazmany Catholic University & Hungarian Academy of Sciences, has published Hate Speech and the Protection of Communities in the Hungarian Legal System. Here is the abstract.The Hungarian…