COMS 1000 Lecture 5: Fakes, Facts and Free Expression (Page 1) (Winter Term)

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Communication and Media Studies
• Course: COMS 1000
• Professor: Benjamin Woo

Document Summary

A charter of rights (s. 1, 2) *to reasonable limits* Freedom of speech in the u. s. (first amendment) Canada protects expression more broadly, but impose more limits. Americans does not censor speech but will censor indecency (cussing) Hate speech: (e. g. atg if you"re gay, don"t approach me, i"ll kill you ) Criminal code section 319(1) prohibits hate speech towards any identifiable group (by religion, race, colour, sexual orientation) Criminal code (s. 320) prohibits the distribution and sale of hate propaganda. Strengthened after 9/11 to explicitly govern hate speech on the internet. Judges have the power to make isps remove hate speech from the internet. Twitter and facebook are now targeting hate speech in their terms and conditions.