Lawmakers Call for Examination of Hate Speech in Media

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Reacting to the recent hate crime at two Jewish centers in Kansas City, Sen Ed Markey (D-MA) and Rep Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) introduced a bill to update the government's 20-year-old report on hate speech in the media.

The Hate Crime Reporting Act of 2014 would examine the role of the Internet and other telecommunications in encouraging hate crimes based on gender, religion, ethnicity, or sexual orientation, and would provide recommendations to address such crimes. Congress defines a hate crime as a "criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender's bias against a race, religion, disability, ethnic origin or sexual orientation."


Lawmakers Call for Examination of Hate Speech in Media Markey Introduces Hate Speech Report Bill (B&C)