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EU Moving to Ban Online Hate Speech

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the slippery-slopes dept.

WED Fan writes "Several members of the EU Parliament are moving to ban online hate speech. 'The draft of the declaration, which heise online has seen, calls on providers in somewhat vague language to make provisions against "hate pages" part of their standard terms and conditions.'"

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  1. I hate people like this by glomph · · Score: 0, Troll

    You just have to hate people who are smart enough to preempt free speech. They want it to be like America?

  2. Godwinning this Topic by rolfwind · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hitler also hated free speech. Except for the "correct" thoughts of his side.

    Europe, grow up.

  3. Can't really call it "godwinning" by sehlat · · Score: 0, Troll

    Laws like this make it clear that Europe has learned NOTHING from the lessons of the Nazis or Stalin.

    1. Re:Can't really call it "godwinning" by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 0, Troll

      Europeans learned not to go invading random countries for political gain back home. I think that Europe has done a much better job of learning from its imperialist history than the US.

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  4. Re:Hate speech banned eh? how much do you bet... by jcr · · Score: 1, Troll

    On the other hand, in Europe, where you can't say something even remotely critical of the jews,

    Sure you can, as long as you're cheering for head-choppers and burning a car while you do it.

    -jcr

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  5. Real hate speech...Toward Europeans. by crhylove · · Score: 0, Troll

    I REALLY FUCKING HATE when people try to ban ANY speech. Freedom of speech is THE cornerstone to democracy. That being said, let's hope all the

    crackers,
    jews,
    niggers,
    spics,
    fags,
    dikes,
    micks,
    guaps,
    and camel jockeys that live in the EU can see the horrible fallacy in banning any kind of speech as nothing short of authoritarianism, and a return to Nazi days.

    Maybe all of you miss old Adolf after all? Maybe us Americans should've let him run the place a bit longer so you wouldn't try and pull this retarded crap.

    Idiots.

    rhY

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