Download the country report List of Relevant Laws Impacting Free Speech (Uruguay) (2015-2022) Uruguay development Infogram Uruguay. Law No. 19.749, Comprehensive anti-terrorism law. Its purpose is to implement financial sanctions on individuals or legal entities related to terrorism, the financing of terrorism, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, in accordance with the […]
Download the country report List of Relevant Laws Impacting Free Speech (Portugal) (2015-2022) Legislation (Acts and Bills) Law 78/2015 This law regulates the promotion of transparency on ownership, management and means of financing of the entities that perform activities of social communication. Law 74/2020, of 19 November 2020 on the Transposition of Directive (EU) 2018/1808 […]
Download the country report List of Relevant Laws Impacting Free Speech (Costa Rica) (2015-2022) Costa Rica development Infogram Costa Rica. Law No. 10.235, Law to prevent, attend, sanction and eradicate violence against women in politics. This law was sanctioned by the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica on May 3, 2022. According to its first article, […]
Download the country report Chile development Infogram List of Relevant Laws Impacting Free Speech (Chile) (2015-2022) Chile. Law No. 21.459, Establishes rules on cybercrimes, repeals law No. 19.223 and modifies other legal bodies in order to adapt them to the Budapest Convention. This law, enacted on June 9, 2022, updates Chilean legislation on cybercrimes, aligning […]
Download the country report List of Relevant Laws Impacting Free Speech (USA) (2015-2022) Citizens United – campaign finance issues/political campaign ads REAL Political Advertisements Act of 2023 H.R. 3044 Introduced May 2, 2023. This measure requires the identification of political campaign ads or images that are created via the use of artificial intelligence. Companion bill […]
Download the country report List of Relevant Laws Impacting Free Speech (Taiwan) (2015-2022) Legislation Incitement 1. Criminal Punishment §153 Criminal Code (2019.12.25 revised) Incitement speech carries criminal punishment, including fines and imprisonment as penalties. In 2019, the law underwent revision, leading to the implementation of stricter fines. Additionally, Taiwan has specific regulations pertaining to incitement […]
List of Relevant Laws Impacting Free Speech (Sweden) (2015-2022) Legislation Privacy related restrictions In 2018 unlawful breach of privacy was criminalized. It is now a crime to violate someone else’s private life by spreading images or other information in a way that is intended to cause tangible harm to the person who is the subject […]
Download the country report List of Relevant Laws Impacting Free Speech (Spain) (2015-2022) Legislation Organic Law 1/2015 of 30 March: https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2015-3439 In 2015 a comprehensive reform of the Criminal Code was adopted. Among many other aspects, it significantly affected the regulation of hate speech under article 510. The explanatory memorandum of the law refers to […]
List of Relevant Laws Impacting Free Speech (South Africa) (2015-2022) The Constitution Section 16 of the Constitution protects freedom of expression, and excludes a small category of speech from its protection: Everyone has the right to freedom of expression, which includes – freedom of the press and other media; freedom to receive or impart information […]
Download the country report List of Relevant Laws Impacting Free Speech (South Korea) (2015-2022) Defamation Under the Criminal Act, the offence of defamation and insult is punishable by imprisonment for expressing facts or feelings (swear words) that may harm the social status of others. *Criminal Act, Article 307 (Defamation) (1) A person who defames another […]