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Hate Speech
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Anti-Latino, Anti-Immigrant Radio Talk Show Hosts Targeted
The Hispanic National Media Coalition has a campaign to remove some hate filled radio talk show hosts off the air. The "Take John and Ken Off the Air" Campaign is…
Media Law Prof Blog
Hate Speech and the Internet
Discussions of hate speech on the Internet.Stephen L. Newman, York University Department of Political Science, Should Hate Speech Be Allowed on the Internet? A Reply to Raphael Cohen-Almagor, 2 Amsterdam…
Media Law Prof Blog
John Galliano Convicted; Must Pay 6000 Euro Fine
A French court has convicted designer John Galliano of uttering "public insults based on origin, religious affiliation, race or ethnicity" and fined him 6000 Euros ($8400 US). It could have…
The Faculty Lounge
Call For Papers — Hate and Political Discourse
CALL FOR PAPERS Deadline: March 15, 2012 “Hate and Political Discourse” Journal of Hate Studies Volume X, No. 1 (2012/13) Guest Editor: Robert L. Tsai, J.D. Professor of Law, American…
Media Law Prof Blog
Geert Wilders Acquittal Is Causing Debate, Questions
The acquittal of Dutch MP Geert Wilders on all charges of inciting racial hatred because of his remarks concerning Islam has raised questions about whether long term social damage has…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Geert Wilders Found Not Guilty of Hate Speech
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A controversial prosecution in The Netherlands of Dutch conservative Geert Wilders for hate speech has ended in an aquittal of Wilders. Wilders has compared Islamists to Nazis, called for banning…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Heyman on Holmes and the Jekyll-and-Hyde First Amendment
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Professor Steven J. Heyman's article, The Dark Side Of The Force: The Legacy Of Justice Holmes For First Amendment Jurisprudence, has just been published, 19 William & Mary Bill of…
Media Law Prof Blog
Geert Wilders Hate Speech Trial To Continue
A Dutch court has ruled against MP Geert Wilders' attorney's attempt to halt his trial, ruling that charges that the court is biased against the defendant are unfounded. Mr. Wilders' lawyer had…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Hate Song Update from South Africa
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The newest development from South Africa in the controversial "hate song" which roughly translates as "kill the Boer" which we discussed here, is a an opinion denying the ANC leave to…
Media Law Prof Blog
A South African Hate Speech Trial
From the New York Times, discussion of a hate-speech trial in South Africa. The defendant, Julius Malema, and an ANC political leader, is accused of fomenting violence against whites through the…