Louise Fenner

“ Crowley added. “And, in fact, we see signs that that is exactly what is occurring in Pakistan.”
“Governments have a responsibility to protect freedom of expression and the free flow of information,” he said. “We respect any actions that need to be taken under Pakistani law to protect their citizens from offensive speech. At the same time, Pakistan has to make sure that in taking any particular action that you’re not restricting speech to the millions and millions of people who are connected to the Internet and have a universal right to the free flow of information.” ”

“ We do not tolerate those who incite others to violence, such as the agents of al-Qaida who are, at this moment, using the Internet to promote the mass murder of innocent people across the world. And hate speech that targets individuals on the basis of their race, religion, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation is reprehensible. ”