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Freedom of speech • The right to express one’s opinions without censorship, restraint, or legal penalty.

Offending religious feeling is a crime under the Polish penal code. If convicted, the woman could face a prison sentence of up to two years.

Limits of freedom of speech Although different scholars view unprotected speech in different ways, there are basically nine categories: • • • Obscenity Fighting words Defamation (including libel and slander) Child pornography Perjury Blackmail Incitement to imminent lawless action True threats Solicitations to commit crimes

Problems of freedom of speech • ?

Freedom of Speech on Facebook • Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan are running out of places to espouse their views online. • Facebook banned these high-profile personalities and several others from its social media platforms Thursday, becoming the latest tech company to officially declare them persona non grata. Many of them have already been banned from Twitter, You. Tube and Apple's Podcasts app. • In addition to Jones and Farrakhan, Facebook also kicked out rightwing extremists Milo Yiannopoulos, Laura Loomer and Joseph Watson, who works for Info. Wars; white supremacist Paul Nehlen, who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2016 and 2018; and Jones' company, Infowars. The groups will also lose their accounts on Instagram, which is owned by Facebook.

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What do you think? • What are the limits of freedom of speech? • Who should police them? • Should racist/homophobic/misogynistic jokes be punished?