The growing incidence of racism on social media in South Africa suggests that there are consequences. Whether there ought to be criminal sanctions remains an ongoing debate.
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Incitement to hatred law in England and Wales currently protects many identities, but not disability.
Inflammatory speech has often found fertile ground in Kenya’s election campaign period. As the country approaches another political cliff-hanger, law enforcement agencies have their work cut out.
Neither Galaxy Research nor the Institute of Public Affairs think-tank discussed the most interesting data they garnered from polling on free speech and reform to Section 18C.
The ability to say offensive things online on a daily basis without consequences led to new, and more toxic, norms for civic behavior.
A minor change, substituting ‘vilify’ for ‘offend’ and ‘insult’, would bring Section 18C more in line with similar laws in other democracies without undermining its effectiveness.
In reelection bid, Merkel’s not just up against a xenophobic, nationalist party in Germany. In the wake of Trump’s election, liberal democracies around the world hope she’ll defend them, too.
The Politically Incorrect forum is bringing its racist vitriol to a website near you.
Trump has given extremists a high-profile stage, but in the process exposed them to the disinfecting sunlight.
Truth’s victory over hate propaganda is neither automatic nor preordained. It requires a commitment to equal rights and norms of tolerance.
Why the Editors’ Code of Practice needs to be reformed.
Messages on social media reportedly fuelled the burning of Buddhist temples in Indonesia last month. Laws against hate speech are widely ignored and weakly policed.
Section 18C is limited in scope, and it would thus be wrong to claim that free speech carte blanche is under threat.
The violence that often accompanies political disputes or elections is testimony to the efficacy of hate propaganda as a tool in the political arsenal of Kenyan politicians.
Social media companies have agreed to a European plan to take down offensive material within 24 hours. Will it work and if so, can it be extended to other regions?
Are speech codes and free-speech zones silencing speech on college and university campuses?
Two recent controversial cartoons depicting people as apes have raised an important question: what are the legal and philosophical distinctions between harm and offence?
Media should confront hate speech, not merely censor it.
As the debate spreads from Missouri to universities across the country, insights from The Conversation’s coverage of race on campus.
The university should be the bastion of the right to free expression in the promotion of democracy, and has a moral and ethical obligation to provide spaces for fierce debate and critical engagement.
Principais colaboradores
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Assistant lecturer, CY Cergy Paris Université
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Associate professor, Uppsala University
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Professor, UCL
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Associate Professor, Criminology, Department of Social Science, York University, Canada
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Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Windsor
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Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, School of Media and Strategic Communications, Oklahoma State University
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Associate Professor in Political and Legal Theory, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Pace University
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Lecturer, Information Technology and the Law, Daystar University
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Assistant Professor, Educational Technology, Chair in Educational Leadership in the Innovative Pedagogical Practices in Digital Contexts - National Bank, Université Laval
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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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PhD Candidate, Alan Turing Institute, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor in Convergent and Online Media, University of Sydney
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, The University of Queensland
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Research Lead, Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Middlebury
