Hated speech is basically an incitement to hatred primarily against a group of persons
defined in terms of race, ethnicity,
national origin, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and the like. Hate
speech can be any form of expression regarded as offensive to racial, ethnic
and religious groups and other discrete minorities or to women. It can be taken off the web by administration
if rules and regulations are applied on the content being published on web. But
as the web is so big not only rules but ethics will be more helpful. I think we
all need to speak out against expressions of intolerance and hatred whenever
they occur. We need to educate people,
especially young people, so that they do not develop intolerance or hatred
toward any group. It should be censored because even such things as computer
games, cartoons and so on, if they contain offensive remarks against other
groups, may lead hot only to conflicts within the country, but to international
ones. For example,
such computer games as “Intervention into Iran” and Danish cartoons of the
Muhammad led to a new wave of terrorism in Europe. So, if we make hate speech a
crime, we can bring tolerance to society. If we avoid such conflicts, we will
improve social welfare. No it would not violate our freedom of speech
right. WE can control it by creating awareness of respect and discouraging hate
speech.
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