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So does Australia...you might want to look up the case of Andrew Bolt, a journalist who was convicted over making flippant remarks about indigenous Australians.
by smegel 13y ago
So does Australia...you might want to look up the case of Andrew Bolt, a journalist who was convicted over making flippant remarks about indigenous Australians.
Many consider this case to be a prime example of excessive application of hate speech laws against speech that was clearly not "hateful".
- egillie 13y agoInteresting, it looks like Australian law also forbids speech that is "reasonably likely, in all the circumstances, to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate another person or a group of people". That's going a bit further than the "inciting hatred" standard Canada uses....and yeah, seems very abuse-able.