Showing posts with label Hate speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hate speech. Show all posts
Friday, October 11, 2024

Biden Addresses Call to Jewish Leaders Ahead of Yom Kippur

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The Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur begins at sundown this evening.  Last Wednesday, President Biden spoke for over ten minutes ( full text of ...
Monday, November 27, 2023

Australian State's Religious Vilification Act Takes Effect

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As reported by Law and Religion Australia , the New South Wales Religious Vilification Act 2023 ( full text ) which was enacted in August t...
Thursday, September 28, 2023

Israel's High Court Orders Government To Explain Its Inaction Against Top Rabbi's Hateful Remarks

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  Times of Israel and Jerusalem Post  report that on Tuesday Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, issued a tem...
Wednesday, September 20, 2023

European Court Says Homophobic Posting Was Not Protected by Human Rights Convention

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 In Lenis v. Greece , (ECHR, Aug. 31, 2023), the European Court of Human Rights declared inadmissible an application filed by a former Metro...
Thursday, June 29, 2023

ADL Reports Rise in Online Hate and Harassment

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 On Tuesday, the Anti-Defamation League released its report titled  Online Hate and Harassment: The American Experience 2023  ( full text )...
Friday, May 19, 2023

European Court Upholds Politician's Conviction for Failing to Remove Third Party Hate Speech from His Facebook Page

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In Sanchez v. France ,  (ECHR, May 15, 2023), the European Court of Human Rights by a vote of 13-4 in a Grand Chamber judgment upheld France...
Thursday, May 18, 2023

7th Grader Sues Over School's Hate Speech Dress Code

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Massachusetts federal district court challenging the Middleborough school district's Dress Code which prov...
Wednesday, February 15, 2023

New York's Hateful Conduct Law Violates 1st Amendment

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 In Volokh v. James ,  (SD NY, Feb. 14, 2023), a New York federal district court issued a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of New ...
Wednesday, December 21, 2022

European Court Upholds France's Conviction of Journalist for Inciting Anti-Muslim Hatred

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In Zemmour v. France,  (EDHR, Dec. 20, 2022) ( full text of decision in French ), the European Court of Human Rights upheld France's con...
Tuesday, December 06, 2022

New Zealand Court OK's Hate Speech Law That Does Not Cover LGBTQ Victims

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In Hoban v. Attorney General ,  (NZ HC, Dec. 5, 2022), a New Zealand High Court, reviewing a decision of the Human Rights Review Tribunal, h...
Friday, December 02, 2022

Suit By Law Prof and Internet Site Challenges NY Statute on Online Hate Speech

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 In May, the New York legislature enacted A7685-A  requiring social media networks to provide a means for its users to report postings which...
Friday, October 21, 2022

Canadian Court Sentences Former Politician on Charge of Antisemitic Hate Speech

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Ottawa City News  reports on the sentencing by a Saskatchewan trial court of the leader of a now defunct political party for violation of Ca...
Friday, September 16, 2022

White House Hosts Summit Addressing Hate-Motivated Violence

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Yesterday President Biden hosted the United We Stand Summit at the White House directed at countering hate-motivated violence. The President...
Tuesday, November 09, 2021

Pastor Sues Real Estate Organization Over Ethics Rule On Hate Speech

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Suit was filed last week in a Montana state trial court against a local chapter of the National Organization of Realtors by Pastor Brandon H...
Friday, April 09, 2021

Muslim Group Sues Facebook For Consumer Fraud Because of Online Hate Speech

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The non-profit organization Muslim Advocates filed suit yesterday in District of Columbia Superior Court against Facebook and its executives...
Monday, March 15, 2021

Scottish Parliament Passes Hate Crime Bill

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According to BBC News , the Scottish Parliament last week passed the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill ( full text ). Among other ...
Thursday, February 04, 2021

2020 Report on Hate Groups Released

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Earlier this week, the Southern Poverty Law Center released its report The Year In Hate and Extremism 2020 .  The Report identifies 838 act...
Wednesday, January 13, 2021

National Association of Realtors Bans Hate Speech By Its Members

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In a previously little-noticed change to its Code of Ethics, the National Association of Relators has instituted a ban on hate speech by its...
Thursday, October 22, 2020

USCIRF Hearing On Hate Speech Targeting Religious Groups

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Yesterday the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom held a hearing on  Combatting Online Hate Speech and Disinformation Targeti...
Tuesday, December 10, 2019

New USCIRF Report on Apostasy, Blasphemy and Hate Speech Laws In Africa

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Yesterday, he U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released a 50-page report titled  Apostasy, Blasphemy, and Hate Speech Laws...