A/HRC/44/49/Add.1 80. The Special Rapporteur urges the authorities to conduct further consultations, including with regional law enforcement authorities, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, civil society organizations and other members of the public, and national and international experts, to ensure that the new law does not restrict freedom of expression. He also urges the Government to conduct proper training on the criminalization of direct incitement to violence to ensure that the new law does not adversely affect the right of the population to freedom of expression. 81. Social media companies should establish regular and periodic reviews of the human rights impact of their activities in Ethiopia, in cooperation with civil society, to prevent or mitigate any adverse human rights impacts that may arise. 82. While advocacy of hatred that constitutes incitement to hostility, violence and/or discrimination should be prohibited, safeguards should be in place to ensure that criticism of political views or of ethnic or religious traditions and practices remains permissible in the context of the requirements of international law. 18

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