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>there is defamation laws that forbids certain kind of speech. There is also laws around hate speech and so forth.

You can't be criminally prosecuted for hate speech (unless the prosecutor stretches other laws to cover your "hate speech") or most instances of defamation (except in certain cases on a state by state basis[1]). You can be sued but that's a civil matter.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation#Criminal_defamation...



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