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| 2023-01-20 | |
| [Breitbart] The United States will soon follow Europe in implementing laws against so-called hate speech, a top Eurocrat claimed at the World Economic Forum’s meeting in Davos. The vice president for Values and Transparency for the European Commission, Věra Jourová predicted on Tuesday that hate speech laws will be imposed upon the American public, despite longstanding case law at the Supreme Court protecting such speech under the First Amendment. “Illegal hate speech, which you will have soon also in the U.S. I think that we have a strong reason why we have this in the criminal law,” Jourová said. The Czech politician, who previously served as the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, made the comments during a WEF panel hosted by former CNN host Brian Stelter on “The Clear and Present Danger of Disinformation.” The choice of Stelter may perhaps be viewed by some as ironic given his own relationship with the truth. The panel also featured New York Times chairman Arthur Gregg Sulzberger, Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton, and Internews CEO Jeanne Bourgault. Representative Moulton seemingly agreed with the statement from the EU Commission VP, telling her: “I think in general the US has a lot to learn in terms of data regulation, internet regulation… You’re way ahead of us in that regard.” However, the Democrat politician later clarified that he did not believe that American politicians were ready to forsake the fundamental aspects of freedom of speech.
Indeed, Jourová herself commented on the matter to Euractiv on Tuesday, saying that the platform should partner with the EU on combatting hate speech and disinformation, saying: “We need the platforms to work with the language to identify such cases.” She said that European Union laws surrounding online speech will be enforced, saying: “They apply to Twitter regardless of who owns it. Musk should not underestimate our efforts to make big platforms responsible.” Related: World Economic Forum: 2023-01-19 CAUGHT HIM! Rebel News pummels Pfizer CEO with questions at World Economic Forum World Economic Forum: 2023-01-19 Turkey cannot expect normal ties with Iraq while violating sovereignty: Iraqi President World Economic Forum: 2023-01-19 Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: January 18th, 2023 | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #12 ^ Special Raconteur |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-01-20 13:44 |
| #11 The Czech politician, who previously served as the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers, Gender Equality, Bingo Calling, Proper Eggplant Measuring, and Headlight Fluid. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-01-20 13:42 |
| #10 Interesting that Eurocrats know as much about our Constitution as members of our Socialist Party. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-01-20 13:40 |
| #9 Stelter would pass as The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, were he not so pasty. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-01-20 13:37 |
| #8 A national law would have to go through the house and be allowed on the floor. Maybe Mr Potato head lead that breakout session. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-01-20 12:54 |
| #7 |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-01-20 11:33 |
| #6 Since UK went that way, it's a good bet that this is headed our way. The Dems are in full court press mode, everything on the table, no enemies to the left. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2023-01-20 11:31 |
| #5 Remember those posters that had an eye chart format and spelled "Censorship causes blindness"? Don't see very many of those these days... |
| Posted by: magpie 2023-01-20 11:21 |
| #4 In case you thought he was blowing smoke... |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2023-01-20 09:07 |
| #3 Can our brains be trained into respectful political dialogue? - study |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-20 08:38 |
| #2 In other news, esteemed Eurocrat Jourova last seen evading a very large, mainly peaceful crowd with torches and a rope. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2023-01-20 07:21 |
| #1 Question: Currently, it is the LSD Media that are the ones giving power to and promoting the agendas of Hate Speech groups with slanted coverage. Groups like the BLM, Defund the Police, Anti-FA, KKK, and etc. could not survive without their continued clickbait. So should the LSD racist and hate speech promoting propaganda media arms be shutdown? NO! Because there is a Check and Balance to their subversive agendas. It is called the Bill of Rights. But they can be sued in Civil Courts for slander or deliberate false reporting that cause serious personal damages and bodily arm. Just ask CNN, MSNBC and others who had their A$$es sued off in the last 3 years (for estimated $100+ Million. ). |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-01-20 05:57 |