Responding to hate speech is difficult because its definition remains unclear. However, the reiterated theme throughout the University of Delaware's conference on free speech was the importance of positive communication. The title of the third session was “Difficulties of Responding to Hate Speech on Digital Platforms.” Panelists were Emma Llanso, Free Expression Project director at Center for Democracy and Technology; Brittan Heller, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard; and Jessie Daniels, Hunter College and The Graduate Center at CUNY.

UD's Communication Department hosted "Speech Limits in Public Life: At the Intersection of Free Speech and Hate" on March 14 to 15, 2019. Legal experts and free speech scholars from around the country discussed how to define hate speech and respond to it both digitally and on college campuses. Read more about the conference at www.cpc.udel.edu/news/Pages/the-speech-divide.aspx.