The Legal Framework on Hate Speech and the Internet

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dc.contributor.author	Flick Caterina
dc.title	The Legal Framework on Hate Speech and the Internet. Good Practices to Prevent and Counter the Spread of Illegal Hate Speech Online
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	Hate speech includes all forms of expression which spread, incite, promote or justify hatred towards a person or group. The expansion of the Internet has marked an important change in the phenomenon, insofar as content is no longer mediated by editors. Hate speech based on ethnic, racial and religious hatred is recognized as a violation of the human rights set out by the European and international standards. This is not the case for sexist hate speech, although this difference is not justified by the data. The lack of a shared regulatory definition leads to shortcomings in, or even the complete absence of victim protection. Gender equality and freedom of expression are interconnected: enabling hate speech against women and girls to go unpunished limits women’s freedom of information and deprives society of their voices. The balance must be struck by finding the tools for free speech. An overview of such tools is the goal of this contribution.
dc.relation.ispartof	Quaderni del Comitato Unico di Garanzia dell’Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2020-12-29
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-479-0/the-legal-framework-on-hate-speech-and-the-interne/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-478-3/011
dc.identifier.issn	2724-4652
dc.identifier.eissn	2724-5713
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-479-0
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-478-3
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Discrimination
dc.subject	Discrimination
dc.subject	Free Speech
dc.subject	Free Speech
dc.subject	Hate Crimes
dc.subject	Hate Crimes
dc.subject	Hate Speech
dc.subject	Hate Speech
dc.subject	Internet Regulation
dc.subject	Internet Regulation
dc.subject	Sexism
dc.subject	Sexism
dc.subject	VAWG
dc.subject	VAWG

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The Legal Framework on Hate Speech and the Internet

Good Practices to Prevent and Counter the Spread of Illegal Hate Speech Online

Caterina Flick Università Internazionale Telematica UniNettuno, Roma, Italia

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Hate speech includes all forms of expression which spread, incite, promote or justify hatred towards a person or group. The expansion of the Internet has marked an important change in the phenomenon, insofar as content is no longer mediated by editors. Hate speech based on ethnic, racial and religious hatred is recognized as a violation of the human rights set out by the European and international standards. This is not the case for sexist hate speech, although this difference is not justified by the data. The lack of a shared regulatory definition leads to shortcomings in, or even the complete absence of victim protection. Gender equality and freedom of expression are interconnected: enabling hate speech against women and girls to go unpunished limits women’s freedom of information and deprives society of their voices. The balance must be struck by finding the tools for free speech. An overview of such tools is the goal of this contribution.

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Dec. 29, 2020

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978-88-6969-479-0

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978-88-6969-478-3

Keywords: Free Speech • Sexism • Internet Regulation • Hate Speech • Discrimination • VAWG • Hate Crimes

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