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Hate speech

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

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Intermediaries And Hate Speech: Fostering Digital Citizenship For Our Information Age, Danielle Keats Citron, Helen L. Norton Jan 2011

Intermediaries And Hate Speech: Fostering Digital Citizenship For Our Information Age, Danielle Keats Citron, Helen L. Norton

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No longer confined to isolated corners of the web, cyber hate now enjoys a major presence on popular social media sites. The Facebook group Kill a Jew Day, for instance, acquired thousands of friends within days of its formation, while YouTube has hosted videos with names like How to Kill Beaners, Execute the Gays, and Murder Muslim Scum. The mainstreaming of cyber hate has the troubling potential to shape public expectations of online discourse.

Internet intermediaries have the freedom and influence to seize this defining moment in cyber hate’s history. We believe that a thoughtful and nuanced intermediary-based …


Tolerance As Understanding, Jay Schiffman Jan 2003

Tolerance As Understanding, Jay Schiffman

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

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The Inadequacies Of Civil Society: Law's Complementary Role In Regulating Harmful Speech, Andrew E. Taslitz Jan 2001

The Inadequacies Of Civil Society: Law's Complementary Role In Regulating Harmful Speech, Andrew E. Taslitz

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

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Fighting Words, Richard L. Abel Jan 2001

Fighting Words, Richard L. Abel

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.