UK

UK Government Contracts Firms to Make COVID “Freedom Passports”
An ominous future of travel?
Dec 27, 2020
British Soap Coronation Street Fires Director for Facebook Posts Denying Industry Racism
Steve Finn worked on the Christmas Day episode.
Dec 24, 2020
UK Monitors Social Media After Skepticism Over Claims of New Covid Strain, People Planning to Ignore Lockdown
Big Brother is watching.
Dec 22, 2020
Paperchase Removes Joke Christmas Card From Sale After Outrage From Twitter Users
Righteous indignation.
Dec 21, 2020
Andrew Yang Calls for Proof-Of-Vaccination Bar Codes on Smartphones
“Tough to have mass gatherings like concerts or ballgames without either mass adoption of the vaccine or a means of signaling,” Yang added.
Dec 19, 2020
Cancel Culture Is Extremely Damaging to Free Speech in Universities, Study Finds
“Academics cannot speak freely of the leading subjects of their day.”
Dec 18, 2020
UK Judge Rules Social Media Users Have the Right to Offend
Finally, a win.
Dec 18, 2020
UK Police Tell People to Report “Extremist” Friends and Relatives
“Extremist” isn’t defined.
Dec 18, 2020
Members
The UK’s Proposed Online Harms Bill Is One of the Biggest Threats to Free Speech in the West
? The bill that would force social media platforms to censor isn’t getting enough pushback.
Dec 18, 2020
YouTube Apologizes for Removing a Popular Interview With Lockdown Critic Peter Hitchens
YouTube restored the video after facing pushback but its view count still appears to be frozen.
Dec 17, 2020
Of Course, Julie Burchill’s Anti-Cancel Culture Book Is Canceled by Publisher Hachette
Hachette Books caved.
Dec 16, 2020
Eton Teacher Fired Over YouTube Video Loses Appeal
Will Knowland’s video highlighted the problems with radical feminism.
Dec 15, 2020