Victoria Naselskaya: Creating a framework to distinguish between freedom of expression and hate speech is one of the most challenging tasks lawmakers face. Since, “theoretically, the expression of anti-Semitic or racist speech may also fall into the scope of this basic freedom.”
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“Radical Populism—anti-Muslim in Western Europe, anti-Jewish in Eastern Europe, and anti-foreigner and anti-immigrant rhetoric everywhere—is no longer fringe politics.” ++ Large victories for the openly anti-Semitic Jobbik and Fidesz parties in recent Hungarian elections have alarmed many who view such developments as a revival of the toxic politics of the first half of
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