What is hate speech?

What is hate speech?

What do we mean when we talk about hate speech? Is hate speech against the law? And why is it so controversial?

  • byMax Koslowski andFelicity Lewis

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China's man in the UK lauds doctor who blew whistle on coronavirus

Li Wenliang's death from the virus sparked an outpouring of grief in China and rare public demands for freedom of speech.

  • byLatika Bourke
Sydney student newspaper defends itself over accusations of anti-Semitism

Sydney student newspaper defends itself over accusations of anti-Semitism

Organisations representing the Jewish community have accused the University of Sydney's student-run newspaper of"textbook anti-Semitism"over a satirical image.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
ANU shifts pro-Hong Kong democracy event due to'security concerns'

ANU shifts pro-Hong Kong democracy event due to'security concerns'

A university administrator allegedly told organisers the event's room booking was being rescinded because it was the"sort of thing people protest against".

  • byNick Bonyhady
Beware unintended consequences,Prime Minister

Beware unintended consequences,Prime Minister

Our conservative government needs to be careful about where it meddles,from foreign influence laws to cracking down on environmental protesters.

  • byTom Switzer
Liberties for the chosen ones:what and who do Morrison's Liberals stand for?
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Liberties for the chosen ones:what and who do Morrison's Liberals stand for?

Personal freedom is the Liberal Party's guiding light,the PM says,but not if you want to block a coal venture. The Coalition needs a lesson in free markets.

  • byDavid Crowe
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Your right to know:The battle to access your own personal information

Your right to know:The battle to access your own personal information

You want to see your own medical files. It should be as simple as making a request,right? It's not.

  • byDebbie Cuthbertson
Morrison's boycott plan sparks free-speech furore

Morrison's boycott plan sparks free-speech furore

The Prime Minister's vow to draft new laws to ban protesters from boycotting companies has prompted claims his"feverish"talk will curb the rights of all Australians.

  • byDavid Crowe
Facebook isn't defending free speech,it's assaulting the truth
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Facebook isn't defending free speech,it's assaulting the truth

In the week Twitter banned political advertising,the screenwriter pens this open letter to Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg over the'crazy lies'his ads carry.

  • byAaron Sorkin
'Your right to know'must be balanced against other freedoms,says Attorney-General

'Your right to know'must be balanced against other freedoms,says Attorney-General

A week after the national media launched its campaign,Christian Porter says press freedom has"never been absolute".

  • byShane Wright
The criminal on the PM's plane and other absurdities of a secretive democracy

The criminal on the PM's plane and other absurdities of a secretive democracy

Australia does not fare well on media freedom compared with peers like the US,UK and New Zealand.

  • byChris Uhlmann