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Protest and freedom. Photo by Alex Radelich on Unsplash.

The Ratcheting Up of Hate Speech Rules

by Anthea Jeffery Sep 30, 2021Sep 30, 2021

The more these rules spiral out of control and are backed by draconian powers of arrest and imprisonment, the more chilling the impact on free speech will be. Yet freedom of expression, as the Constitutional Court has repeatedly stressed, is ‘the lifeblood of an open and democratic society’. 

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