incitement

Mr Cox said: "It wasn't a throw away remark. It was part of a conversation that they were having about politics, and it was a very clear incitement to violence."

Alliance MLA Sian Mulholland said that Kneecap's alleged comments "crosses a line from art as a tool of protest and into incitement".

The Alliance MLA, Sian Mulholland, said that Kneecap's alleged comments "crosses a line from art as a tool of protest and into incitement".

Only if it falls into specific, narrowly defined categories of unprotected speech, like incitement to violence or true threats, can speech be prohibited or punished.

They allegedly posted content which broke laws on "inciting the public to hatred and hostility" and "incitement to commit a crime".