Ireland is currently in the process of passing into law the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022.

If passed Ireland will have some of the strictest hate speech laws in the world and it will be possible to prosecute citizens for simply possessing material that is interpreted as an incite to hate.

I spoke to Alexander Sheridan from Free Speech Ireland about the bill's contents, what citizens can be targeted for if passed, the vagueness/subjectivity of the various terms and protected catergories, Leo Varadkar's inability or unwillingness to state the govt's position on gender and much more

00:00 Intro 
02:50 WHAT CAN YOU BE PUNISHED FOR UNDER PROPOSED LAWS?
 7:55 Similar laws elsewhere in the world ??
11:35 Vagueness of new legislation 
14:00 GOVERNMENT’S STANCE ON GENDER??
16:30 How close to passing are the proposed laws? 
22:40 CAN THESE LAWS BE USED TO SHUT DOWN PROTESTS & TARGET JOKES?
30:00 Where to find Free Speech Ireland 

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