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# How You Can Help Fight Labour’s Hate Speech Laws
- URL: https://goodoil.news/how-you-can-help-fight-labours-hate-speech-laws/
- Published: 2021-06-25T03:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-06-25T03:40:45.000Z
- Author: David Seymour
- Tags: Censorship, Free Speech, Law, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:54

**David Seymour**  
ACT Leader

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#### **What Hate Speech Laws Will Mean for New Zealand**

The proposed hate speech laws are a win for cancel culture and will create an even more divided country.

Tougher hate speech laws will take away a basic right, shut down debate, and make people afraid to express themselves. As I told media today, [they will put cancel culture on steroids.](https://goodoil.news/hate-speech-will-put-cancel-culture-on-steroids/)

> We’ll see petitions and lynch mobs demanding Police prosecute people with unpopular views. The only people who will win are the perpetually offended.

A conviction for hate speech will carry a maximum sentence of three years in prison. *That’s longer than for common assault or assaulting a child.*

Labour is cynically using March 15 to push the laws through. But it’s admitted they wouldn’t have prevented the attacks happening. It doesn’t know what problem it’s trying to solve.

**What you can do**

ACT is going to fight hard against these hate speech laws. Here’s how you can help:

1\. Share [our petition](https://freespeech.act.org.nz/?e=3eaca1d5f2f9b5c3e221cca4ed002df0&utm%5Fsource=actnz&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=fs%5Fcampaign%5Fupdate&n=4) with your friends and family and ask them to sign it. We will keep you updated on new developments.

2\. Tell the Government you oppose its hate speech laws at: [humanrights@justice.govt.nz](mailto:humanrights@justice.govt.nz)

3\. Support our digital campaign. If you can help us run Facebook ads telling people about hate speech laws, please donate.

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