“In the Recommendation adopted during its annual session held in Turin on 20 May, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers called on governments to develop comprehensive strategies to prevent and fight hate speech, including the adoption of an effective legal framework and implementing adequately calibrated and proportionate measures. When doing so, national authorities should carefully balance the right to private life, the right to freedom of expression and the prohibition of discrimination.”
The Council of Europe adopted the Recommendation on combating hate speech (Council of Europe)
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