by Chris Black
Merely possessing “hateful” material on your devices is enough to face prison time.
Not only that, but the burden of proof is shifted to the accused, who is expected to prove they didn’t intend to use the material to “spread hate”.
This clause is so radical that even the Trotskyist People Before Profit opposed it as a flagrant violation of civil liberties.
Dark times.
Amendment from by @pb4p to include the UN Convention on Human Rights protections on Free Speech within the Hate Speech bill, has been defeated.
As well as one to excise the section allowing for the prosecution of individuals possessing offensive material without communicating it pic.twitter.com/3s7hFFZfnW
— Free Speech Ireland (@FreeSpeechIre) April 26, 2023
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