How Hate-Speech Laws Destroy the West
The attacks on free speech generally follow two tracks, one where government directly imposes speech bans and one where it invents a new category of crime victims. The latter is better known as ‘hate speech’ legislation and seems to be the preferred path for mission-creep encroachments on freedom of expression.
Even open democracies have implemented restrictive measures. The European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) exemplifies this trend, the European Commission’s aggressive enforcement of which has raised concerns among rights groups.
