Online hate speech in Canada is up 600 percent. What can be done?
Countries across the world are grappling with online hate speech through legislation. Is Canada about to join them?
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The ethics of restricting speech on social media
There are good reasons for tech companies to prohibit hate speech on their platforms. But their status as private organizations is not one of them.
Hatebase: An anti-genocide app
An NGO hopes tracking hateful tweets can flag mounting ethnic conflict, and even prevent genocide
Was free speech in Canada in good shape before the Whatcott ruling?
Probably not. But the justices did get a few things right this time around.
The Whatcott case: Drawing a line between free speech and hate
The Supreme Court struggles to find a compromise
The Internet hates Section 13
Either Section 13 of the Human Rights Act had to go, or the Internet did.
Finding a rights balance
The courts are limiting the powers of Canada’s human rights tribunals one case at a time
The resurrection of John Galliano?
The acclaimed designer is expected to return to the fashion world—anti-semitic slurs be damned
Will anonymity and hyperlinks be illegal in Canada?
How an obscure provision in a Conservative crime bill could change the Internet in Canada
Trial for former U of S prof charged with hate speech
Court date not yet set for Terrence Tremaine