HATE SPEECH LAWS: EXPRESSIVE POWER IS NOT THE ANSWER

Hate Me, Hate Me Not: Hate Speech Detection on Facebook

While favouring communications and easing information sharing, Social Network Sites are also used to launch harmful campaigns against specific groups and individuals. Cyberbullism, incitement to self-harm practices, sexual predation are just some of the severe effects of massive online offensives. Moreover, attacks can be carried out against groups of victims and can degenerate in physical viol...

Hate Crimes Laws: Progressive Politics or Balkanization?

When the ICU is not the answer.

Obesity is not always the answer.

To cite: Ray P, Pawsey AKM, Preston JT. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2015-213784 DESCRIPTION A 22-year-old woman (body mass index of 40 kg/m) repeatedly presented to her general practitioner (GP), with a diffusely tender and distended abdomen. She was told the reason for her symptoms was obesity. Eventually her GP referred her to A&E department...

Hate speech, volition, and neurology

In ‘A Hypothetical Neurological Association between Dehumanization and Human RightsAbuse’,1 GailMurrowandRichardMurrowposit a biological explanationof how hate speech can spur violence, not only among individuals but, even, on a societal scale. They elaborate historical examples, cite to neuronal studies on patterns of responses in observation of pain and suffering to explain the dehumanization...