At a meeting with legal scholars in Berlin, JoyNews’ Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah explores how Germany balances free speech, hate speech, and political accountability and what lessons Ghana can draw from ...

This new article is here. The Introduction: In the United States, as is widely known, "hate speech" is generally protected by the First Amendment. Hate speech is considered "free speech" unless it ...

Washington and London are currently negotiating a tariff agreement. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump wants the U.K. government to repeal hate speech laws in order to secure a trade ...

What is the federal offense of “hate speech”? It’s a good question because there is no such offense. That didn’t stop U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi from threatening to use the authority of her ...

Irish Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan told the lower House of Ireland’s national parliament that he will not reintroduce a hate speech law that failed in the past. Earlier this year, Ireland was ...

Whether you agree with David Corn (Mother Jones) or Ezra Klein (New York Times) as to whether Charlie Kirk “practiced politics the right way or the wrong way”, I hope we can all agree that murdering ...

In the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assissination, a fierce First Amendment debate over the concept of hate speech has taken center stage across the nation. Conservative lawmakers and ...

Elon Musk's X Corp sued New York on Tuesday, challenging the constitutionality of a state law requiring social media companies to disclose how they monitor hate speech, extremism, disinformation, ...

Elon Musk’s Twitter (surely no-one really calls it X?) is suing New York State. Why? Because apparently being asked to explain how your social media platform handles hate speech and misinformation is ...

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) and the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) on Monday ...

Elon Musk's X Corp sued New York on Tuesday, challenging the constitutionality of a state law requiring social media companies to disclose how they monitor hate speech, extremism, disinformation, ...