Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson has received a public apology and a reported five-figure payout from Essex's Police and Crime Commissioner, Roger Hirst, after the High Court found his comments about her could be seen as defamatory.
Andy Burnham has signalled he may abandon David Lammy's plans to strip defendants of the right to a jury trial, after FSU research showed juries are far more likely to acquit those accused of speech offences.
Max Thompson argues that Andy Burnham's premiership, and a cabinet stacked with press-sceptical ministers, marks a dangerous new chapter for free speech in Britain.
Nick Buckley MBE faced losing his honour after a Whitehall committee accused him of bringing the honours system into disrepute over his social media posts. With the FSU's help, he has kept his MBE.
A new Government-commissioned report brands scepticism of gender ideology as 'misinformation' worthy of state suppression, while barely mentioning the anti-Semitic conspiracy theories that have fuelled real hatred since 7 October — prompting warnings from the FSU's Lord Young that Britain risks turning Orwell's fiction into policy.
Professor Michael Rainsborough, former Head of War Studies at King's College London, explains how the FSU helped him expose the university's neglect of academic freedom.
German citizens are being fined and threatened with prison for memes, nicknames and mockery of politicians, as speech laws meant to guard democracy are turned against ordinary political comment.
As Andy Burnham replaces Sir Keir Starmer in Downing Street, the Free Speech Union looks at who is in, out, demoted and promoted in the new Cabinet — and examines each minister's record on free speech.
Lord Young of Acton and David Rose joined MPs, peers and policing experts at a Parliamentary roundtable on policing and free speech following the murder of Henry Nowak, warning that anti-racism initiatives have tipped into discrimination against white working-class men.
Bridget Phillipson has spent over £500,000 of taxpayers' money trying to water down university free speech laws, after being forced into a U-turn by an FSU legal threat. A complaints scheme for academics launches in September — but students remain excluded.
The Government has delayed publication of Lord Macdonald's landmark review of public order and hate crime law until the Autumn, blaming the transition from Keir Starmer to Andy Burnham — leaving police forces and protestors in continued confusion.
Reform UK councillor Kelvin Wright faced an anonymous code of conduct complaint over Facebook comments on the Progress Pride flag and fire service policy. The FSU intervened, and the council took the matter no further.
