US senator expresses concerns about Irish bill that would restrict free speech
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U.S. Sen. JD Vance wrote a letter to the Irish UN ambassador Tuesday, expressing concern over a bill in Ireland that would punish people for free speech and expression.
The text of the "Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offenses) Bill 2022," notes that a person can be imprisoned if they "prepare or possess" material that is "likely to incite violence or hatred against a person or a group of persons on account of their protected characteristics or any of those characteristics with a view to the material being communicated to the public or a section of the public, whether by himself or herself or another person." Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.
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The bill includes a variety of "protected characteristics" that one can be prosecuted for criticizing, including, race, color, nationality, religion, national or ethnic origin, descent, gender, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, or disability.