Well, this is politics. I gather that this is largely driven by the European Union... http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-1937_en.htm http://europa.eu/r

Well, this is politics. I gather that this is largely driven by the European Union... http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-1937_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-1937_en.htm ... so "the line" is basically whatever European Union says is "illegal hate speech" as per this announcement. (The announcement makes it seem that it is largely targeted at terrorism and racism, at least for now). I agree with you, though, in that personally I'm not the biggest fan of "hate speech" laws. They seem like a ripe target for political abuse.