Topic: Hate Speech Laws

Senator Jackie Rosen is leading a bipartisan effort to create a federal strategic advisor to the President focused on combating antisemitism across agencies and online platforms. Comparisons are drawn to strict speech enforcement in the UK and Canada, suggesting that similar monitoring of digital content is imminent in the United States.

Jordan Peterson discusses the dangers of tech companies using the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) to define and regulate "hate speech." He argues that while restricting ISIS recruitment is reasonable, the broad application of these rules by private companies creates a dangerous precedent for censorship.

Curry highlights a specific phrase in proposed net neutrality rules: the prohibition of blocking "lawful" content. Using Black's Law Dictionary, he distinguishes between "illegal" (forbidden by law) and "unlawful" (not authorized by law). He warns that this terminology could allow the government to regulate "hate speech" or "bullying" as "unlawful" traffic.