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Hate Speech
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Media Law Prof Blog
Hate Speech: The European Court of Human Rights Speaks
Media Law Prof Blog
Semiotics and Hate Speech
Uladzislau Belavusau, European University Institute and University of California, Berkeley, has published Judicial Epistemology of Free Speech Through Ancient Lenses, in volume 23 of the International Journal for the Semiotics of…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Hate Speech (Song) Controversy in South Africa
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
A song of struggle against Apartheid or a song inciting racial violence? That's the question being debated in the courts and in the press of South Africa. In late March,…
Media Law Prof Blog
Russian Prosecutor General’s Office Bans “Mein Kampf”
The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has banned Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler's 1925 political tract, labelling it extremist, according to the New York Times. The book has been available for sale…
Media Law Prof Blog
More About Hate Speech On the Internet
Raphael Cohen-Almagor, University of Hull, has published "Countering Hate on the Internet - A Rejoinder," at 2 Amsterdam Law Forum 125 (2010). Here is the abstract. Steve Newman of York University wrote…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Rage on the Right
Sam Stein on the Huffington Post writes about a new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Today, "the SPLC released its quarterly intelligence report, titled `Rage on the Right,'…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Guest Post from Robert Gittelson: My Day Amongst the Anti’s: What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been
Just the other day, I wrote a guest post for ImmigrationProf Blog, in which I explained my involvement in bringing the disgraceful and public anti-immigrant rantings of Bob Kellar, a…
Media Law Prof Blog
An Analysis of Holocaust Denial as Hate Speech
Raphael Cohen-Almagor, University of Hull, has published "Holocaust Denial is a Form of Hate Speech," in the Amsterdam Law Forum, 2009. Here is the abstract.Recently Facebook confirmed that it has disabled…
Media Law Prof Blog
Regulation of “Low-Level” Racist Speech in Commonwealth Countries
Dilan Thampapillai, Victoria University Faculty of Business and Law, has published "Cronullified: Can the Commonwealth Regulate Low Level Racist Speech?" Here is the abstract.Political commentary on race, multiculturalism and national…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Four Members of Congress Promote Hate Against Muslims
From the Asian Law Caucus:Groups Say Reps. Undermine Political Participation & Support a Backlash Against MuslimsSAN FRANCISCO - Over 20 national and local civil liberties organizations issued a rousing call…