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Facebook said it welcomes regulation on all forms of harmful content, including hate speech. Picture: Rollingnews.ie Facebook has urged the government to include a “carve out” in any new hate speech law so that social media companies would not be held criminally liable for posts by members of the public. Helen McEntee, the Minister for Justice, announced plans last week to introduce legislation next year that would combat incitement to hatred and hate crime in Ireland. The new law will replace the existing Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act... Subscribe from just €1 for the first ...

20 Dec 2020 The Irish government has proposed making it a crime to share ‘hate’ comments on social media platforms even if someone else wrote of them. Ireland’s Justice Minister, Helen McEntee, announced the new proposals this week, which could see retweeting or reposting ‘hate’ speech comments a criminal offence. According to a report from the Irish Times, the new legislation will repeal the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989 which previously dealt with hate crimes but has been deemed to not be robust enough. The paper adds that the new bill will also expand the languag...

By By James Ward, PA New hate crime laws to be introduced in the new year Justice minister Helen McEntee is to bring forward new hate crime laws in the new year, saying existing legislation was “not fit for purpose”. She said the new laws would target the perpetrators of hate crime and hate speech, who “deliberately or recklessly” incited hatred against a person or community based on a protected characteristic. They would also make it an offence to distribute material inciting hatred, which could include the sharing of soci...

Specific offences taking into account racial or homophobic elements to crimes are to be introduced under new laws to tackle hate speech and hate crime. The move is likely to lead to stiffer penalties for offences such as assault, criminal damage and public order breaches where hatred is an aggravating factor. It was signalled by Justice Minister Helen McEntee after the publication of a report on a public consultation held by her department. At present, physical attacks where the motive is racial or homophobic are only prosecuted as assaults. “But this legislation, if it develops as is being...

Justice minister Helen McEntee is to bring forward new hate crime laws in the new year, saying existing legislation was “not fit for purpose”. She said the new laws would target the perpetrators of hate crime and hate speech, who “deliberately or recklessly” incited hatred against a person or community based on a protected characteristic. They would also make it an offence to distribute material inciting hatred, which could include the sharing of social media posts. Today I launched the findings of the @DeptJusticeIRL consultation on Hate Speech and Hate Crime, which is an important ...