Topic: Free Speech Union
The Free Speech Union advocates for the protection of free expression against increasing censorship and surveillance measures. Recent incidents highlight the troubling trend of authorities targeting individuals for non-criminal speech, with police involvement in cases that should not warrant intervention. This ongoing battle for free speech highlights the importance of defending individual liberties in the face of growing restrictions.
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Ko-fi unpublishes page of UK women’s rights group
Another UK campaign group has one of its donation pages shut down.
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UK lawmakers want to block PayPal from shutting down accounts over political ideology
PayPal is closing accounts for what it believes is “misinformation.”
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PayPal shuts account of group who fought to keep schools open during pandemic
Another casualty of the recent PayPal purge.
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PayPal bans the Free Speech Union, the Daily Sceptic, and Toby Young
Young described PayPal’s actions as “a new low in Big Tech’s war on free speech.”
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Drama school tells students to report “microaggressions” on QR code system
Where technology and over-sensitive students meet.
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UK Online Safety Bill, that will censor some “legal but harmful” content, presented to Parliament
Knowingly false communications and more will also be restricted.
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Maya Forstater wins appeal after losing her job over tweets but the ruling is a mixed bag for free speech
The ruling still lets employers punish employees for tweets that are considered “discrimination” or “harassment” under the UK Equality Act.
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Eton teacher fired over YouTube video loses appeal
Will Knowland’s video highlighted the problems with radical feminism.
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Censorship of vaccine-skeptic conversations will backfire, Free Speech Union says
The censorship will likely cause an increase in mistrust.
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UK police record Darren Grimes podcast investigation as “non-crime hate crime”
The UK police have logged more than 120,000 non-crime hate incidents over the past five years.
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British commentator Darren Grimes faces police investigation after interviewing historian David Starkey
The actions of UK police when it comes to speech are taking an increasingly chilling turn.