EU Pushes to Limit Internet Speech

minamar writes "CNN is reporting that at an international conference, the EU is urging the US and other nations to ban racist and 'hate' messages from the internet. The US seems to be resisting, but is this another step away from free speech and how could an international group possibly regulate message on the internet anyway?"

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[DaveKAO]

George W. Bush sends Chirac an email stating- "I hate the French!"

Join with me now in saying..

[7Ghent]

Fuck the EU.

Re:What ever happened to...

[koreth]

What part of "European Union" don't you understand?

Excluding intolerancy?

[freeduke]

Those guys are intolerant to intolerancy, so those thoughts should be banned by themselves.

Not Possible

[Dr. Bent]

A sticking point was whether the United States, which has championed nearly unfettered free speech, would line up with European countries that have banned racist or anti-Semitic speech in public.

In order to do this, you'd have to repeal the First Amendment. And in order to do that, you'd have to repeal the Second Amendment.

It's just not going to happen, people.

France Sucks

[N8F8]

Just wanted to say that befor it is illegal.

Poor style, my friend [Re:Join with me..]

[Anonymous Coward]

Very intelligent remark -- even the spelling is correct! O thanks ever so much for your contribution to this discourse.

Re:No Fucking Way

[zulux]

Those Gay Nazi half-breed Nigger Europeans will only take my hate speech when they pry my tongue from my cold dead body

I'm reposting this because I have Karma to burn, and some nit-wit mods can't take a joke. Do your worst.

Re:In Related News...

[Anonymous Coward]

And in other news, a British humourist was imprisoned for hate speech [rowanatkinson.org] today by the French government.

Ya, everyone knows the way to fix hatred is to...

[Anonymous Coward]

...send over heavily armed U.S. Army reservists to 'befriend' the members of a foreign country with an alien culture and language. What could go wrong?

Re:Why is this shocking?

[wannasleep]

which are far right, further right and KKK

Re:Racists should have free speech as well.

[Anonymous Coward]

...adn then we would easilyrelease our freedom of free speech if understand what im saying

It is unlikely that anybody will understand what you are saying. I can't decide whether it's worse if you did or did not use the preview button

Re:Fucking stupid

[base2_celtic]

It's never going to be illegal to say "I like pretty flowers."

When Interflora owns the patent for the genes of those flowers, you'd better make sure you prefix that with a trademark symbol, or they'll get all DMCA on your arse.

Re:Why is this shocking?

[dipipanone]

As opposed to, say, France - where you have to show a Big Mac to get a whole nation in a panic.

Perhaps, but I hear that they're rather partial to a Royale with cheese.

Real easy

[fulldecent]

"The international group" can regulate speech by putting my cock in their mouth.

Re:9/11 the "largest hate crime?"

[Nailer]

Indeed. Hell, I can't even remember what happened on November 9.

Re:come down to earth

[GypC]

Face it: fighting and dying for freedoms is neither acceptable nor effective anymore, and it is becoming less so.

Translation: I am a spineless tool of tyranny, and you should be, too. Everyone else is doing it.