Reddit has told the Irish media regulator that it is not covered by the new Online Safety Code as its jurisdiction is in the Netherlands.
  • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    14 days ago

    I oppose letting anyone define hate speech as a matter of principle, because even if I agree with the definition completely now, I may not continue to agree with the definition in the future. Look at what has been happening in the USA since the October 7 attack: a lot of people I had considered my political allies turned out to have beliefs I consider to be hateful, and meanwhile these people consider my own beliefs hateful. The solution is not to empower a single central authority to decide which sort of hate is allowed. It is (as it has always been) to maintain the principle of free speech.

    • wanderingmagus@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      14 days ago

      How about incitements to violence and outright explicit disinformation/misinformation, like:

      • [group] should be [violent act]
      • [group] are [dehumanizing pejorative] that deserve [violent act]
      • [dogwhistle for the actual Nazis, like the 14 words, terminology specifically referencing the Final Solution, etc]
      • [hard r] are [extreme dehumanizing pejorative] and don’t deserve [human rights]
      • [violent or repulsive act] the [slur]
      • “Despite only making up 13%…”
      • “Whites create and forget, [slur]s copy and remember…”