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The makers of this video have admitted the purpose of the video was to denigrate Islam. Shouldn't that be enough in itself to classify this as hate speech. Also
by salimmadjd 14y ago
The makers of this video have admitted the purpose of the video was to denigrate Islam. Shouldn't that be enough in itself to classify this as hate speech. Also this issue bring a very interesting point. How google make these type of judgment. Do they have legal experts viewing these videos and making decision as such?
There is a lot of important issues being brought up as a result. How do we identify hate speech, who makes that kind of a judgement, what's the role of distribution channels in these cases, how much power the government has, is there a bigger responsibility for unseen cases?
- malandrew 14y agoInteresting. That changes things. Do you have a citation of what the video's authors said?
- salimmadjd 14y ago"Speaking by phone from an undisclosed location....he intended his film to be a provocative political statement condemning the religion" http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/israeli-filmmaker-in-hiding-after-anti-islam-movie-sparks-deadly-libya-egypt-protests-1.464459 http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/israeli-filmmaker-in...
- orangecat 14y agoIf "condemning" a religion is "hate speech", then a substantial portion of the commentary on liberal, skeptic, and atheist sites would qualify.
- belorn 14y agoDo you think Monty Python films should also be classified as hate speech? There is a difference between making fun of an religion (Islam), and incite violence or prejudicial action against a group who are practicing the religion (Muslims).