Critics of Scotland’s new hate crime laws must stop “peddling misinformation”, the First Minister has said.
“What we’ve got is a piece of legislation that in the actual Act itself, explicitly in black and white, protects freedom of expression, freedom of speech. Asked what his message to critics such as JK Rowling would be, Mr Yousaf said: “I would tell them to stop spreading disinformation. It isn’t going to help anybody.“This is a piece of legislation that was passed by every single political party in Scotland, minus the Conservatives.”
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