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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