“In the last decades, there has been a sharp rise in hate speech and hate crime in Europe,” the draft communication on hate speech said, adding that there has been an increase in hate speech and hate crime since the beginning of the pandemic.

I want data on this. What counts as hate speech and hate crime, since when it is monitored properly and how much of an increase is there, relative to the natural increase in overall online communication.

More then that, they say that "hate speech" is causing minorities to not speak up. I want data on this as well. If anything LGBTQP2SIAP+ community has had an increased level of online communication, not less.

Or are they going to pass major legislation using things that sound correct to leftists?