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Briefings

  • The Urgent Need to Teach the Police About Free Speech
    Carrie ClarkIf the police are going to be under an obligation to have due regard for freedom of Expression when deciding whether to record a ‘non-crime hate incident’, they urgently need free speech training.
    Summary | Full Report | March 2023
  • Briefing Note on the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill
    Dr Bryn HarrisA briefing note on the Worker Protection Bill, which will significantly extend the scope of the Equality Act 2010.
    Summary | Full Report | February 2023
  • How Free Speech Friendly are the Major Payment Processors and Crowdfunding Platforms?
    Carrie Clark The FSU has looked at the terms and conditions of the major payment processors and crowdfunding platforms and ranked them according to how free speech friendly they are.
    Summary | Full Report | November 2022
  • Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
    Arif Ahmed, Nigel Biggar, Eric Kaufmann, Doug Stokes and the Free Speech UnionA response to the criticisms of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill made at the second reading in the House of Lords.
    Summary | Full Report | September 2022
  • Free Speech and Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland
    Emma Webb and Carrie ClarkOnly 12% of people in Northern Ireland believe the Government is doing a good job of protecting free speech. So why is the NI Government introducing a Hate Crime Bill that will further restrict the speech rights of Northern Irish citizens?
    Summary | Full Report | July 2022
  • The Bill Of Rights
    Karolien CelieThe FSU welcomes the emphasis on free speech in the proposed Bill of Rights, but we worry the Bill will vest too much power in politicians.
    Summary | Full Report | July 2022
  • Why the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill is needed and how it could be even better
    The Free Speech UnionThe FSU wholeheartedly welcomes the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill, but we would like to see it amended in various ways to make it even better.
    Summary | Full Report | June 2022
  • Who Watches the Watchmen? Ofcom, free speech and the Online Safety Bill
    Dr Frederick AttenboroughIn a personal essay, the FSU’s Communications Officer Dr Frederick Attenborough sets out his concerns about the Only Safety Bill and suggests ways in which its free speech protections could be strengthened.
    Summary | Full Report | April 2022
  • Safeguarding free speech in the Online Safety Bill
    The Free Speech UnionAs it stands, the Online Safety Bill, designed to make Britain the ‘safest place in the world to be online’, is a censors’ charter. To safeguard free speech, a variety of important changes need to be made to the Bill.
    Summary | Full Briefing | January 2022
  • Four ways in which the the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill could be even better
    The Free Speech UnionWe welcome the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill, which will go some way to addressing the free speech crisis in English universities. However, there are four ways in which it should be amended.
    Summary | Full Briefing | November 2021
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