EU Pushes to Limit Internet Speech

minamar writes "CNN is reporting that at an international conference, the EU is urging the US and other nations to ban racist and 'hate' messages from the internet. The US seems to be resisting, but is this another step away from free speech and how could an international group possibly regulate message on the internet anyway?"

Comments

Re:What about the GNAA?

[Anonymous Coward]

How is the GNAA racist? They are providing a valuable service to the community.

I hate George W. Bush

[NSupremo]

You see what a slippery slope we are treading.

And who is to say what is "hate speech" or not?

They will decide the same way they decide if a person is an enemy combatant or not. (Some individual somewhere will say so.)