Irish Prime Minister Promises More Censorship, Hate Speech Laws, & Immigration

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Irish government asked social media to censor posts during Dublin riots The only platform that refused to cooperate and take down “vile” posts was Elon Musk’s X, the justice minister said

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Irish Justice Minister Helen McEntee has claimed that most social media companies complied with the government’s requests to take down posts during last week’s Dublin riots. However, Elon Musk’s X refused, the minister said on Wednesday.

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In the aftermath of the riots, Musk, who owns the platform, publicly accused the Irish prime minister of “hating the Irish people” and conducting a “massive attack on freedom of speech.” That was after Varadkar had proposed a modernization of incitement to hatred laws, as well as more powers for police to punish “hate speech” against protected groups such as foreign nationals, LGBTQ members, and ethnic minorities.

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Varadkar has also told Irish citizens that it was “totally wrong” to link immigration with crime following the knife attack that sparked the unrest, explaining that thousands more would come to the country because “Europe is paradise and Ireland is one of the best parts of paradise.” Meanwhile, the country with a total population of just over 5 million people has been struggling to deal with unprecedented immigration

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