[oytis]

> with some eexceptions being hate speech or incitement to violence

These are important exceptions though. Absence of hate speech laws is one thing that makes "American freedom of speech" a pretty unique thing.

[thefz]

That's a step backward, not forward.

[oytis]

I don't think there is such thing as "backward" and "forward" here. They probably contribute to social peace, but put limits to the freedom of speech, which do not exist in the U.S.