
Britain’s Free Speech Crisis and the Bill That Would Fix It
After centuries of prosecuting people for what they say, Britain may be closer than it has ever been to making free speech an actual legal right.
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After centuries of prosecuting people for what they say, Britain may be closer than it has ever been to making free speech an actual legal right.

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Germany’s draft deepfake law under Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig could criminalize political memes with up to two years in prison.

The British Prime Minister sketches a future where online speech rules update as routinely as tax bracket, with scrutiny treated as an obstacle rather than a safeguard.

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