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Ireland Is Trying To Pass A Hate Speech Law That Promotes ‘Thought Crime Legislation’

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by Jacob M. Thompson

 

 

It aims at “combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law.”

The following report is by The Epoch Times:

Irish authorities are pushing forward a bill that will make it a crime to disseminate and possess content deemed to be hateful—a development Elon Musk warns is a threat to free speech in the country.

The Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022 (pdf) seeks to “amend the law relating to the prohibition of incitement to violence or hatred against a person or a group of persons on account of certain characteristics (referred to as protected characteristics) of the person or the group of persons and to provide for an offence of condoning, denying or grossly trivialising genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes against peace.”…

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