Writing for Spiked, the FSU's Max Thompson argues that Zack Polanski and the Green Party's calls for press regulation and inquiries into media 'culture' are a sinister, authoritarian attack on a free press.
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that Angela Rayner's department deleted all consultation responses used to draft the Islamophobia definition, prompting accusations of a Ministerial Code breach.
A new Big Brother Watch report reveals over 62,000 arrests for 'speech offences' in five years, with the FSU renewing calls for an independent review of policing and free speech law.
A Sunderland academic says he was warned over his emeritus title after campaigning against assisted dying online — a case the FSU says highlights the growing pressure on academics to self-censor lawful views.
Oliver Hutchings has been found guilty of blackmailing venues into cancelling Katie Hopkins's tour after objecting to her views on gay and transgender people, in a case that shows how intimidation is being used to silence lawful speech.
A bill filed by Republican congressman Michael Rulli would stop British regulators like Ofcom enforcing online safety fines and rulings against US websites, escalating the trans-Atlantic clash over the Online Safety Act.
Kemi Badenoch has accused campaigners of exploiting Jason Arday's death to push for press regulation, as Green Party figures and Hacked Off renew calls for a Leveson-style inquiry.
The FSU's warnings about the Government's Islamophobia definition have been vindicated, as leaked details reveal deleted consultation responses and pressure on the EHRC to adopt a definition it considers unworkable.
A new Liberty poll finds that 51 per cent of Britons believe free speech has been eroded under two years of Labour government. The FSU backs Liberty's call for a consistent, non-partisan approach to speech laws.
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.
