CadetMahoney
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I just hope identical vile comments on youtube and reddit originating from Germany get the same treatment, they'll have 24 hours to remove them and such.
Disgusting.
Hopefully the U.S. never caves to this shit.
Disgusting.
Hopefully the U.S. never caves to this shit.
including assaults against the human dignity of others by insulting, maliciously maligning, or defaming segments of the population.[1][2][3]
Depending on the depiction of course but in general yesWould this ban depictions of the Prophet Mohammed? How far reaching is this law?
Would this ban depictions of the Prophet Mohammed? How far reaching is this law?
Disgusting.
Hopefully the U.S. never caves to this shit.
Depending on the depiction of course but in general yes
I don't think 1 person = "segment of the population" in any reasonable way.
Considering Neo Nazis are in control on the US and the Patriot Act is a thing, you're way way way way more fucked.Disgusting.
Hopefully the U.S. never caves to this shit.
Either you believe in free speech or you don't. We have to be able to attack bad ideas, and you can't do that if they aren't out in the open.
Again depends on the depiction but if the judge determines that it would be an incitement of hatred against muslims it's definitely covered under the volksverhetzung lawsSo which one?
So which one?
No, it wouldn't.Would this ban depictions of the Prophet Mohammed? How far reaching is this law?
Under the rules proposed, social media companies must clearly explain rules and complaint procedures to users and follow up on each complaint. Blatantly illegal content must be deleted within 24 hours, while other law-breaking content must be taken down or blocked within seven days.
Gee, I wonder what was the main impetus behind this centuries old racial animus towards non-Whites? Say it with me everyone: HATE. SPEECH.Minorities don't need protection from mean words, they need power to stand on their own, a power that has essentially been stolen over hundreds of years of racial bias.
Disgusting.
Hopefully the U.S. never caves to this shit.
Disgusting.
Hopefully the U.S. never caves to this shit.
The European Union is a 500 million person market with high Internet penetration and a court system that tends to support rulings that local laws apply to any company active in the EU. That is why they do tend to fall in line with these laws.As a public company, just curious, at what point would it even be viable for Twitter anr Facebook to continue in the German markets. 50 million Euro fines. How much advertising revenue do you think they generate from Germany.
Disgusting.
Hopefully the U.S. never caves to this shit.
Don't worry, our racist in chief would never go for it.Disgusting.
Hopefully the U.S. never caves to this shit.
There was some fuckery in Canada with the Conservatives trying to make explicit links between the political BDS movement and anti-semitic hate speech.Can anyone point out to me an instance when hate speech laws have been a negative force in a G20 country?
None of this hypothetical slippery slope shit. An actual example.
I'll wait.
Or... This is a good thing.
On the one hand, I hope this isn't abused to limit free speech. On the other... fuck yeah, we definitely need this kinda thing right now and I'm all for it.
As a public company, just curious, at what point would it even be viable for Twitter anr Facebook to continue in the German markets. 50 million Euro fines. How much advertising revenue do you think they generate from Germany?
On the one hand, private companies have no right to give you a soapbox to stand on to espouse hate, on the other, who denotes what hate speech and inflammatory speech is? Things effect us all differently. All you do is allow elected leaders to determine what you can or cannot say. Will one day they elevate calling someone a fatass hate speech? Just curious. Will insults eventually be elevated to hate speech. There is a very fine line between criticizing a religion without it being hate speech against that religion. It is what it is though. If the German people want this, more power to them. I am just glad Canada has far less restrictive society than Germany which even homeschooling is barely allowed, where violent games are banned, etc. We don't have complete free speech like the US but it is still good enough.
Sounds great. Can't wait for people to get fined for tweets. Or arrested like this guy.
So could a group like Scientology use this law to report any post that criticizes them?
Disgusting.
Hopefully the U.S. never caves to this shit.
So could a group like Scientology use this law to report any post that criticizes them?
No. Valid criticism isn't the same as unfounded hatred.
No. Valid criticism isn't the same as unfounded hatred.
So could a group like Scientology use this law to report any post that criticizes them?
Disgusting.
Hopefully the U.S. never caves to this shit.
So could a group like Scientology use this law to report any post that criticizes them?
Yeah we'll see about that, bud.
It doesn't even have to be valid criticism. This is strictly about hate speech and harassment.
"Hate speech is speech that offends, threatens, or insults groups, based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or other traits."
Criticism and general disdain would not count.
I don't agree with these laws at all. And as we saw with Obama, expansion of government powers tend to be permanent while the rulers change.
You don't know what you're talking about.
Sigh.
It doesn't even have to be valid criticism. This is strictly about hate speech and harassment.
"Hate speech is speech that offends, threatens, or insults groups, based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or other traits."
Criticism and general disdain would not count.
This is the part I dont understand, Scientology is a "religion" Criticism and general disdain could offend and insult the group.
So criticizing and general disdain for race, color and sexual orientation is ok?
I don't agree with these laws at all. And as we saw with Obama, expansion of government powers tend to be permanent while the rulers change.