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Criminal speech is a legal concept that identifies certain kinds of speech
Speech

Speech is the human faculty of speaking.It may also refer to:* Public speaking, the process of speaking to a group of people* Manner of articulation, how the body parts involved in making speech are manipulated...
 as a crime
Crime

Societies define Crime as the breach of one or more rules or laws for which some Government or force may ultimately prescribe a punishment.The word crime originates from the Latin crimen , from the Latin root cerno and Greek ????? = "I judge"....
. The concept is somewhat at odds with freedom of speech
Freedom of speech

Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak freely without censorship or limitation. The synonymous term freedom of expression is sometimes used to denote not only freedom of verbal speech but any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used....
 (in its broadest sense), within the broader freedom of expression, and asserts certain limitations on such freedom.

Concepts like criticism of government
Criticism of government

Criticism of government may refer to criticism of particular government, or of the concept of government itself. In certain cases, such as in certain monarchies and authoritarian governments, criticizing the government is considered criminal speech and is punished in accord which the perceived severity of the claimed crime....
 and criticism of royalty
Criticism of royalty

Criticism of royalty may refer to the criticism of monarchy as a form of government, or to the criticism of particular monarchical governments, as controlled by hereditary royal family....
 are controversial, other concepts limiting certain kinds of speech are not, such as that which prohibits shouting fire in a crowded theater
Shouting fire in a crowded theater

'"Shouting fire in a crowded theater"' is a frequent misquoting of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.'s opinion in the United States Supreme Court case Schenck v....
 (ostensibly as a joke
Joke

A joke is a short story or ironic depiction of a situation communicated with the intent of being humour. These jokes will normally have a punch line that will end the sentence to make it humorous....
, and not as a warning), as such speech has no value would potentially cause harm.

Laws vary by country, and accordingly with the legal principles that such country adheres to.






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Criminal speech is a legal concept that identifies certain kinds of speech
Speech

Speech is the human faculty of speaking.It may also refer to:* Public speaking, the process of speaking to a group of people* Manner of articulation, how the body parts involved in making speech are manipulated...
 as a crime
Crime

Societies define Crime as the breach of one or more rules or laws for which some Government or force may ultimately prescribe a punishment.The word crime originates from the Latin crimen , from the Latin root cerno and Greek ????? = "I judge"....
. The concept is somewhat at odds with freedom of speech
Freedom of speech

Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak freely without censorship or limitation. The synonymous term freedom of expression is sometimes used to denote not only freedom of verbal speech but any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used....
 (in its broadest sense), within the broader freedom of expression, and asserts certain limitations on such freedom.

Concepts like criticism of government
Criticism of government

Criticism of government may refer to criticism of particular government, or of the concept of government itself. In certain cases, such as in certain monarchies and authoritarian governments, criticizing the government is considered criminal speech and is punished in accord which the perceived severity of the claimed crime....
 and criticism of royalty
Criticism of royalty

Criticism of royalty may refer to the criticism of monarchy as a form of government, or to the criticism of particular monarchical governments, as controlled by hereditary royal family....
 are controversial, other concepts limiting certain kinds of speech are not, such as that which prohibits shouting fire in a crowded theater
Shouting fire in a crowded theater

'"Shouting fire in a crowded theater"' is a frequent misquoting of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.'s opinion in the United States Supreme Court case Schenck v....
 (ostensibly as a joke
Joke

A joke is a short story or ironic depiction of a situation communicated with the intent of being humour. These jokes will normally have a punch line that will end the sentence to make it humorous....
, and not as a warning), as such speech has no value would potentially cause harm.

Laws vary by country, and accordingly with the legal principles that such country adheres to. Most speech is unregulated, and does not violate law. In authoritarian governments which assert serious controls, such controls are generally called suppression of dissent
Suppression of dissent

Suppression of dissent occurs when an individual or group which is more power than another tries to directly or indirectly censorship, persecution or otherwise oppression the other party, rather than engage with and constructively respond to or accommodate the other party's arguments or viewpoint....
. In democracies, the concept of hate speech
Hate speech

Hate speech is a term for speech intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against a person or group of people based on their Race , gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, language ability, ideology, social class, list of occupations, appearance , mental...
 has emerged in recent years, to counteract the political and social influence of hate groups.