Perceived and or real hate speech especially from politicians and opinion leaders in the country. Let’s use the established thresholds on hate speech not our emotions to arrive at conclusions. A lot of work has been done so far in trying to stem hate speech in the country by the said bodies to engage especially with the media on matters hate speech. NCIC and MCK will start receiving a lot of complaints relating to hate speech from a lot of people. Measures to handle hate speech should not impede on the peoples’ right to free expression Carte blanche attempts to contain hate speech may grossly violate the rights to freedom of expression, press freedom and access to information if not done within permissible restrictions in international law.

Source: The Star September 12, 2020 19:41 UTC