Forwarded from Keith Woods
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🇮🇪 WOW!! Two government ministers just admitted the Irish hate speech bill is dead in the water.
Sinn Féin also recently flipped their stance on the bill, coming out against it. People power has prevailed.
A year ago when Elon Musk, Trump jr. and others responded to my post highlighting the draconian nature of the bill, which reached over 12 million people on X, it was being passed without any debate or opposition.
That international attention sparked a lot of public interest and debate, and in the months since there has been a big public campaign to save free speech in Ireland, with senators reporting record numbers of letters and emails from constituents demanding they scrap the bill.
With the recent surprise result in the referendum, it looks like the government is backing down on what they've realised is a deeply unpopular piece of legislation.
This really is a huge victory for populists and everyone concerned about free speech in Ireland. Well done.
Sinn Féin also recently flipped their stance on the bill, coming out against it. People power has prevailed.
A year ago when Elon Musk, Trump jr. and others responded to my post highlighting the draconian nature of the bill, which reached over 12 million people on X, it was being passed without any debate or opposition.
That international attention sparked a lot of public interest and debate, and in the months since there has been a big public campaign to save free speech in Ireland, with senators reporting record numbers of letters and emails from constituents demanding they scrap the bill.
With the recent surprise result in the referendum, it looks like the government is backing down on what they've realised is a deeply unpopular piece of legislation.
This really is a huge victory for populists and everyone concerned about free speech in Ireland. Well done.