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Civil liberties

31.01.2025

Digital Services Act will combat “hate speech.” EU institutions' attack on freedom of speech

• The European Commission has announced the inclusion of a revised Code of Conduct on Countering Illegal Hate Speech Online in the Digital Services Act.

Civil liberties

Privileging certain groups and restricting freedom of speech in Poland just like in Western countries

• The Polish Sejm is working on a bill to criminalize so-called “hate speech”.

Civil liberties

09.01.2025

Privileging certain groups and restricting freedom of speech in Poland just like in Western countries

• The Polish Sejm is working on a bill to criminalize so-called “hate speech”.

Civil liberties

01.07.2021

The Italian ‘Zan bill’ poses a serious threat to the freedom of speech

• The Italian Senate held the first reading of the ‘Zan bill’ against ‘homophobia, lesbophobia, biphobia and transphobia’.

Civil liberties

An analysis of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgement of 14 January 2020 in the case of Beizaras and Levickas v. Lithuania

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Civil liberties

19.11.2019

Ordo Iuris in a battle against censorship on the Internet. There will be a lawsuit against Google

The lawyers of the Ordo Iuris Institute have filed a lawsuit against Google on behalf of Paweł Lisicki. The reason is that the programmes run by the journalist are described as allegedly spreading "hate speech".

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