The Trump administration in Washington wants the Government to urge the European Union to allow member states to address hate speech as each “sees fit”.
It is also seeking for the Government to press Brussels to review the implementation of existing regulations to provide better protections for freedom of expression, “including political speech”.
In a note to Ireland’s media regulator Coimisiún na Meán, sent last August, the US state department said that while freedom of expression is not absolute, any restrictions “must be narrowly tailored”.
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