Categories for Free Speech
German Journalist Sentenced to Seven Months’ Probation for Meme Poking Fun at the Interior Minister’s Lack of Commitment to Free Speech
German journalist David Bendels has been sentenced to seven months' probation for a meme poking fun at the Interior Minister's lack of commitment to free speech. Irony is truly dead, murdered by 'liberal' authoritarianism.
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Why Are Anti-Woke Rangers Fans Given Lifetime Bans But Not Pro-Hamas Celtic Fans?
Why are anti-woke Rangers fans given lifetime stadium bans but pro-Hamas Celtic fans get off much more lightly? It's because supporting Palestine is part of our elites' luxury beliefs, says Dr David McGrogan.
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The Ban on Lucy Connolly Seeing Her Family Must Have Come From Higher Up
The ban on Lucy Connolly being permitted temporary release from jail to see her young daughter and sick husband is unprecedented, says David Shipley. Even murderers get that. The instruction must have come from higher up.
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Britain’s War on Free Speech
In authoritarian Britain, police are arresting more than 12,000 people each year for words that cause offence – over 30 arrests per day. Andrew Doyle has compiled a list of some of the state's known victims.
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The Right to Persuade
A woman has been prosecuted for holding a sign saying "here to talk, if you want to" outside a UK abortion clinic. That is not harassment and should not be crime, says Laura Perrins. We must have the right to persuade.
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Marine Le Pen is the Latest Victim of the Global Ban on the Right
The removal of Marine Le Pen, France's leading opposition politician, confirms a global anti-democratic trend of banning the Right, says Eugyppius. What she was convicted of was nothing unusual in the European Parliament.
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Is Labour Bending to US Pressure on Free Speech?
Has American pressure on Labour over free speech paid off? An unexpectedly robust statement about academic freedom from Bridget Phillipson this week suggests it may well have, says Julian Mann.
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Public Health Campaigners Turn the Screws on Freedom
Watch out for the ratchet effect, says Abbie MacGregor. Otherwise we risk sleepwalking into the end of personal responsibility, where every aspect of life is subject to bureaucratic control in the name of public health.
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The Government is Making Itself a Laughing Stock in its Battle to End Apple’s Encrypted Privacy Service
The UK Government is making itself a laughing stock in its use of Snoopers' Charter laws to end Apple's encrypted Advanced Data Protection privacy service. Fortunately, there are alternatives.
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Police Federation Sued by London Branch Chairman in Free Speech Row
PC Rick Prior, Chairman of the London branch of the Police Federation, is suing the organisation because he's been suspended as a result of speaking out about double standards in policing on GB News.
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