“It has not been put above anything else.”
“I am committed to building stronger, safer communities.”
“This has been happening to me for five years now.”
Ireland’s official anti-disinformation body failed to provide a single example of disinformation when asked, despite its CEO claiming that electoral disinformation is spreading at an “enormous” scale. Ben Scallan reports: #gript
To discuss the hate speech bill.
At present, safety in Dublin appears to be the sole responsibility of a woman from Meath against whom no Dubliner can vote.
“Free speech is a basic human right.”
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No political party, after all, has ever won votes by criticising the popular people in the country.
She might as well have said “well, come into Dublin at your own risk”. In fact, scratch “might as well” – that’s exactly what she said.
“Misplacement of priorities.”
“In what way is this credible?”: Irish Justice Minister Helen McEntee is asked how activists and government-funded NGOs who have campaigned for hate speech laws for years can be cited as evidence that her hate speech bill is popular. #gript