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Free Speech Ireland

@FreeSpeechIre

Irish free speech advocacy group ✉️ Join our newsletter freespeechireland.ie/join/ 💳 Help support our work freespeechireland.ie/support-us/

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Free Speech Ireland
@FreeSpeechIre
Apr 20
We opposed the Irish Hate Speech Bill, which was a product of an EU law, because it is a censorship tool of the EU. Want to know how bad EU speech laws can be? Check out our video from 2024 below: x.com/FreeSpeechIre/…
European Commission
@EU_Commission
Apr 20
Freedom of expression, academic freedom, and creative liberty should never be taken for granted. It's a collective achievement, reflected in your everyday actions. In the EU, you have the space to speak your mind without having to shrink who you are. #ProtectWhatMatters🛡️🇪🇺
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Free Speech Ireland
@FreeSpeechIre
Jan 15, 2024
The Irish government wants to pass a law that could see you or your loved ones jailed for possession of memes, cartoons or any content that could be deemed "hateful". The Bill includes no definition of hate and is wide open to abuse by bad actors. Defend free speech – say no to
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Free Speech Ireland
@FreeSpeechIre
Apr 26, 2023
Replying to @FreeSpeechIre
Today the government voted against Human Rights and quite literally for Thought Crime legislation
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Free Speech Ireland
@FreeSpeechIre
Jan 15, 2024
Replying to @FreeSpeechIre
This Bill will have major consequences for Freedom of Speech in Ireland and around the world. Now more than ever, the scale of what we could be doing has outpaced what we can do. If you can, please support us:
Support Free Speech Ireland
From freespeechireland.ie
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Free Speech Ireland
@FreeSpeechIre
Jul 2, 2023
“Upon such evidence being given, and a warrant granted, the guards can enter your home, search every person there, seize every single electronic device in the house, your phones, your laptops, your tablets, those of your partner, children’s phones, they can take anything,
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Free Speech Ireland
@FreeSpeechIre
Apr 26, 2023
Amendment from by @pb4p to include the UN Convention on Human Rights protections on Free Speech within the Hate Speech bill, has been defeated. As well as one to excise the section allowing for the prosecution of individuals possessing offensive material without communicating it
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Free Speech Ireland
@FreeSpeechIre
Apr 30, 2023
Elon Musk condemns Irish Hate Speech Bill. Irish media will have to give more coverage to this bill now. We expect a lot of Senators and TD's will be getting calls from constituents come Tuesday.
Musk: Euro Hate Speech Laws are a 'Massive Attack' on Free Speech
From breitbart.com
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Free Speech Ireland
@FreeSpeechIre
Nov 30, 2023
Former Justice Minister, @SenatorMcDowell, demands a definition for 'hate' in the Hate Speech Bill. @HMcEntee previously admitted that she has not included a definition of 'hate' in order to ensure easier convictions. This is retrograde lawmaking to say the least.
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Free Speech Ireland
@FreeSpeechIre
Jun 5, 2024
We are pleased to announce that @MrAndyNgo will be joining us as a speaker at the Ireland Free Speech Summit on June 18th. Andy is a journalist and author. He is a senior editor at The Post Millennial and has written reports for the New York Post, Newsweek and others. His book,
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Free Speech Ireland
@FreeSpeechIre
Jul 25, 2025
🚨 BREAKING: Trump Admin Labels Dublin an EU Censorship Hub @FreeSpeechIre responds to today’s @JudiciaryGOP report, led by @Jim_Jordan, blasting the Digital Services Act as a threat to free speech. The landmark report singles out the (DSA)—enforced through Ireland’s digital
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Free Speech Ireland
@FreeSpeechIre
Oct 16, 2024
It would be a complete neglect of democratic duty by @HMcEntee to 'guillotine' discourse over the Hate Speech Bill, as @RonanMullen highlighted in the Seanad this evening.
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Free Speech Ireland
@FreeSpeechIre
Jun 15, 2023
Former AG and Justice Minister @SenatorMcDowell decries NGOs who push for Hate Speech laws as being ambivalent to the violence and threats those with minority opinions are subjected to. "Near riots if they go to speak. Meetings are being held in secret lest they be disrupted"
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Free Speech Ireland
@FreeSpeechIre
May 6, 2023
Biggest paper in the UK condemns Irish Taoiseach @LeoVaradkar for authoritarian Hate Speech Legislation.
Leo Varadkar’s treatment of the Irish public is utterly shameless
From telegraph.co.uk
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Free Speech Ireland
@FreeSpeechIre
Apr 30, 2023
Everywhere these laws have been introduced has resulted government censorship and ridiculous court cases. Great write-up by @sarahigdon of the current state of the Hate Speech Bill.
Ireland on track to pass a massive ‘hate speech’ bill criminalizing social media posts likely ‘to...
From humanevents.com
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