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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
A good article here about the law around it and why Musk did not break it but someone calling for Starmer to be killed did break the law.
A key point is whether inflammatory speech carries the threat of provoking “immediate unlawful violence" This is the threshold set by Parliament that such speech must cross to constitute criminality.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-break-the-law |
Anyone know off-hand what the actual legal status of the term “hate speech” is - does it have a legal basis or is it shorthand for something legislation describes differently?