Conversations: Hate Speech—Freedom to Speak or Freedom to Hate? | Peatixtag:peatix.com,2011:12021-11-15T11:00:15+08:00PeatixGeorge Town Literary FestivalConversations: Hate Speech—Freedom to Speak or Freedom to Hate?tag:peatix.com,2018:event-4513932018-11-25T15:00:00MYT2018-11-25T15:00:00MYTSpeakers: Jhoanna Cruz, Sjón, Uthaya Sankar S.B., Vamba Sherif, Gopika JadejaModerator: Chris KeulemansConversations: Hate Speech—Freedom to Speak or Freedom to Hate?Hate speech forms a double threat to freedom of speech: through intimidation and threats leading to self-censorship on the one hand, and through demands for stricter regulation of freedom of speech to deal with the very real threat of political violence that is the aim of organized hate speech campaigns. Do we criminalise freedom of speech – apart from speech with direct incitement to violence as is outlined in Article 19 of the UN Declaration of Human Rights? But at the same time, hate speech is becoming an obvious threat to freedom of speech everywhere. How do we counter hate speech without infringing upon freedom of speech itself?Room: Heaven (Level 2)