Categories for Free Speech
Chaos as the Australian Liberal Party Backflips to Pass Hate Speech Laws
Chaos has gripped Australian politics as the centre-Right Liberal Party backflips and passes authoritarian hate speech laws that allow for the pre-crime banning of protest groups and can be retroactively applied.
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The Police Plan to Roll Out AI in ‘Predictive Analytics’ Should Worry Us All
The police plan to roll out AI in 'predictive analytics' should worry us all, says Paul Birch. Once this Orwellian mass surveillance technology is introduced it will not be going away.
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The Social Media Ban for Under-16s Illuminates Our Erroneous Thinking About Children
The proposal to ban social media for under-16s just illuminates deeper problems in our society, says Joanna Gray. We've lost sight of how parents are supposed to take responsibility for how their children spend their time.
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Australia’s New Hate Speech Bill Set to be Scuttled
The good news is the Australian hate speech bill rushed out after Bondi Beach looks set to fail. The bad news is it's because Greens are demanding something even more draconian, say Rebekah Barnett and Andrew Lowenthal.
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Will Labour Ban Christmas Carols Next?
If Christmas songs fall foul of Labour's 'banter ban', Christmas carols – with their 'offensive' assertions of the divinity of Christ that are deemed blasphemous by Islam – are even more likely to, says Julian Mann.
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Jimmy Lai’s Conviction Shows How Far Hong Kong Has Fallen
Handpicked judges, retrospective laws, implied crimes and the abandoning of juries in case they might "pervert the course of justice" – the conviction of Jimmy Lai shows how far Hong Kong has fallen, says Kwai Lou.
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David Lammy Accused of Twisting Rape Case Figures to Justify Scrapping Right to Trial by Jury
Leading barristers have accused David Lammy of cynically spreading misinformation about the percentage of rape victims who pull out before their case comes to rial. It's not 60%. It's 8%.
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Police Arrest Anti-Abortionist at Peaceful Protest
A 27 year-old Christian has been arrested for protesting peacefully against abortion in Cambridge. The incident comes after the US warned the UK's arrest of abortion protestors put the countries' "shared values" at risk.
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Tories Demand Deportation of Antisemitic Foreign Students
Two senior Tory shadow cabinet ministers have written to the Education Secretary urging her to deport anti-Semitic foreign students who harass and intimidate their Jewish peers.
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How the Race Relations Act Turned Britain into a Totalitarian Anti-Fascist Nineteen Eighty-Four
Speech crimes, thoughtcrime, two-tier justice. If the activities of the UK state today are like a Socialist Workers Party boot stamping on a human face forever, the Race Relations Act shows us why, says Laurie Wastell.
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