Minorities Free Speech and the Internet explores the regulation of free speech online and offline. Views are divided as to how much regulation of the Internet is appropriate. Some argue that it should be an unregulated space for free content. On the other hand in many democracies online hate speech harassment and xenophobia are prohibited and punished. This book provides a forum for leading international scholars to address domestic and comparative dimensions of this complex legal conundrum. First the authors analyse the free speech and Internet regulations in different legal cultures including the United States Europe China and Russia. Second they study fake news extreme right speech and the implications of hate speech on pluralistic society. Third they examine different case law addressing minority sensibilities historical discriminations offensive propaganda and other issues particularly concerning minorities and free speech. This book will be of interest to students and scholars interested in the topics of hate speech and minorities democracy misinformation and debates about the Internet as well as political science researchers. |Minorities Free Speech and the Internet | Politics
