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Hate speech in the United States cannot be directly regulated by the government due to the fundamental right to freedom of speech protected by the Constitution. [1] While "hate speech" is not a legal term in the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that most of what would qualify as hate speech in other western countries is legally protected speech under the First Amendment.
Hate crime laws in the United States are state and federal laws intended to protect against hate crimes (also known as bias crimes). While state laws vary, current statutes permit federal prosecution of hate crimes committed on the basis of a person's characteristics of race, religion, ethnicity, disability, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity.
Categories of speech that are given lesser or no protection by the First Amendment (and therefore may be restricted) include obscenity, fraud, child pornography, speech integral to illegal conduct, speech that incites imminent lawless action, speech that violates intellectual property law, true threats, false statements of fact, and commercial ...
The state of New York is heading back to court to defend a law that would require social media networks to police speech deemed "hateful." "Online platforms should be held accountable for allowing ...
Ada County prosecutors charged the women under Idaho’s hate crime law. But Boise police have pointed out nuances in the state’s law. A flyer sent by spokesperson Haley Williams on July 11 in ...
The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act is a landmark United States federal law, passed on October 22, 2009, [1] and signed into law by President Barack Obama on October 28, 2009, [2] as a rider to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010 (H.R. 2647).
While legislative changes can play a role in combating disinformation and hate propaganda, any changes in the law must be "minimally invasive" and balanced out with non-legal avenues for tackling ...
Most European countries have likewise implemented various laws and regulations regarding hate speech, and the European Union's Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA [17] requires member states to criminalize hate crimes and speech (though individual implementation and interpretation of this framework varies by state). [18] [19]