Free Speech in the Age of Algorithms: Regulating Online Hate in India, Canada, and the United Kingdom

Title

Free Speech in the Age of Algorithms: Regulating Online Hate in India, Canada, and the United Kingdom

Creator

Chauhan, Pranvi; Verma, Vijeta

Description

Online hate has increased while public conversation has expanded due to digital connectivity. This contrasts the laws governing hate speech online in the UK, Canada, and India. Canada strikes a compromise between equality and expression, India permits modest limits but issues with uneven enforcement, and the UK makes threatening or nasty online behavior illegal. Uncertain definitions, inconsistent enforcement, algorithmic dissemination, and the possibility of excessive censoring are some of the main obstacles. A harm- reduction model based on rights is put forth. 2026 by IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved.

Source

Digital Hate Speech, Disinformation, and Peace in Religiously Diverse Regions;pp.271-296

Date

01-01-2026

Publisher

IGI Global

Coverage

Chauhan P., Christ University, India; Verma V., Christ University, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISBN: 979-833736070-6; 979-833736068-3;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-6068-3.ch010

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