Tag: Hate Speech

Balancing Free Speech and Preventing Hate Speech in the Digital Age

By: Allison Nickerson   Social media allows everyday people to freely practice their First Amendment rights by sharing their ideas and beliefs. While these platforms allow for free expression, healthy debate, and discourse, there is a limitation to the conduct that is allowed. This limitation existed from the inception of social media and is present… Read More Balancing Free Speech and Preventing Hate Speech in the Digital Age

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Balancing Censorship and Hate Speech: Germany’s Approach to Blocking Illegal Content on Social Media in the Fake News Era

With the rise of fake news and hate speech easily publishable on the internet, some nation states have had enough. Germany has introduced a new law to impose heavy financial penalties on social media firms operating in Germany that do not comply with new takedown procedures related to illegal content. … Read More Balancing Censorship and Hate Speech: Germany’s Approach to Blocking Illegal Content on Social Media in the Fake News Era

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