The Legal Landscape: Online hate speech and Wisconsin law [Video]

Attorney Dan Adams breaks down how state law handles extremist content online, like what showed up in the Madison school shooter’s social media accounts.

YORK. IT IS 645. NOW TO THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE. OUR LEGAL ANALYST, ATTORNEY DAN ADAMS, JOINS US EVERY MONDAY, BREAKING DOWN THE BIGGEST CASES HAPPENING ACROSS WISCONSIN AND THE COUNTRY. GOOD MORNING DAN. WE’RE GOING TO START THIS MORNING WITH NEW INFORMATION ON THAT SCHOOL SHOOTING IN MADISON. IT’S BEING REPORTED THAT THE 15 YEAR OLD SCHOOL SHOOTER WAS VIEWING EXTREMIST CONTENT ONLINE, INCLUDING CONTENT ABOUT OTHER MASS SHOOTINGS AND WHITE SUPREMACIST IDEOLOGY. IS THERE ANY LEGAL SOLUTION TO ONLINE HATE SPEECH LIKE THIS? UNDER WISCONSIN LAW? SURE. WELL, GOOD MORNING. AS WE SIFT THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED IN MADISON, I THINK EVERYONE IS LOOKING TO CAST BLAME ON SOMEONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN. WE’RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY THE PARENTS OR SOME OTHER …

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