Rupert Lowe MP has been reported to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards over his comments on Islam, Muslims and the grooming gangs scandal — the latest sign that the Government's "anti-Muslim hostility" definition is being used to silence legitimate debate.
MHCLG has launched an internal review after admitting it deleted all consultation responses used to draft the Government's Islamophobia definition, following FOI requests by Nick Timothy MP and FSU research into the Working Group's Islamist links.
Meta has filed a fresh legal challenge against Ofcom over its Online Safety Act duties, as tensions mount between Washington and Whitehall over Britain's censorious online regime.
The Free Speech Union has published a comprehensive new guide to help academics, university staff and visiting speakers submit free speech complaints to the Office for Students under HEFSA's new complaints scheme.
The FSU's General Secretary told the House of Lords that lowering the voting age to 16 makes no sense while under-16s are banned from the platforms, like TikTok, where they get their news.
US Embassy officials reprimanded UK Government representatives over the under-16s social media ban, the Online Safety Act, and DCMS's censorious media Green Paper — the latest strain on the special relationship.
The Government is expected to back Sir John Whittingdale's Private Member's Bill to outlaw SLAPPs, the abusive lawsuits used by powerful individuals and corporations to silence journalists and whistleblowers.
A Freedom of Information request by FSU member Nick Buckley MBE has exposed how Whitehall's secretive Forfeiture Committee can strip Britons of their honours over lawful social media comments.
A year on from Charlie Kirk's assassination, FSU External Affairs Officer Connie Shaw reflects on his legacy for young free speech activists, and on the hostility she has faced for defending open debate on her own university campus.
The US Government has warned that Labour's media green paper, which would force platforms to boost "trustworthy" state-approved news sources, risks becoming a tool of viewpoint-based censorship.
Secret Whitehall guidance obtained by FSU member Nick Buckley reveals that people can be stripped of their honours over lawful social media posts — even where officials admit no crime was committed.
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.
