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The Free Speech Union has fought over 6,000 cases for people who found themselves in trouble for speaking their mind. Join 45,000 members who know expert support is there when they need it.
The Free Speech Union has fought over 6,000 cases for people who found themselves in trouble for speaking their mind. Join 45,000 members who know expert support is there when they need it.
The Financial Times is preparing a follow-up piece about the briefing we prepared for the Office of the Vice-President in February 2025, ahead of Sir Keir Starmer’s visit to the White House. We are publishing it in full.
The Green Party is pushing a raft of censorious proposals — from state press regulation to a £1 billion 'Independent Media Commons' — as leader Zack Polanski calls for the press to be "sorted out".
A retired police officer fined for reposting a joke about Islam is appealing his conviction with FSU backing, in what campaigners say is the latest sign of a de facto blasphemy law protecting Islam alone.
A detective constable has been sacked and barred from policing for life after criticising Northumbria Police's guidance on transgender strip-searches, and now faces an unfair dismissal claim.
Ofcom is investigating GB News after Catholic commentator Caroline Farrow linked Pride to paedophilia and bestiality during a broadcast, prompting over 12,000 complaints.
FSU Campaigns Officer Max Thompson, writing for GB News, argues the Met Police's investigations into Graham Linehan and journalist Jack Grove over the Jason Arday affair show a force still willing to police lawful speech rather than crime.
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If you want to speak up about an issue that matters to you, you should be free to do so without fear of being penalised. We have helped over 6,000 people who’ve found themselves in trouble merely for expressing a controversial opinion or for exercising their right to lawful free speech, whether at college or university, in the workplace or on social media.
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Free speech is a fundamental human right and the most important one of all because without it we wouldn’t be able to defend the others. It’s the lifeblood of democracy and a bulwark against tyranny.
Academic freedom is the lifeblood of universities. By engaging in open discussion, students and academics are able to develop different ideas and advance the frontiers of knowledge.
Freedom of expression extends to nonverbal and creative forms of communication — art, music, film, performance and symbols — that convey ideas beyond spoken or written words.
Freedom of the press is essential for the proper functioning of democracy. Without journalists holding the powerful to account citizens cannot make informed decisions at the ballot box.
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