US State Department Defends Ireland Against EU’s Hate Speech Law Threat · Caldron Pool

US State Department Defends Ireland Against EU’s Hate Speech Law Threat · Caldron Pool

The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) has issued a public statement supporting Ireland’s stance on free speech after the European Union threatened legal action against the country for failing to implement the bloc’s hate speech regulations. In a post on X, the DRL stated: “The European Union is threatening legal action against Ireland if it does not adopt the speech rules designed by bureaucrats in Brusse…