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With deep irony, it was the Free Speech Union and its founder, Toby Young, who were “patient zero” of this particular epidemic. They came to me at the start of this year after PayPal suspended their accounts.
Andrew Griffith, The Telegraph, 23rd July 2023.
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Assisted by the Free Speech Union, Ms Ruth has raised more than £10,000 towards legal fees so far, but hopes to raise a total of £48,000.
Rhiannon James, Mail Online, 22nd July 2023.
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The writer says she believes “sex is immutable and determined from conception”. Her case is being supported by the Free Speech Union.
Matt Jackson, Daily Express, 22nd July 2023.
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The 63-year-old will be assisted by the Free Speech Union and is raising funds for her legal fees.
Craig Simpson, The Telegraph, 21st July 2023.
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Toby Young, director of the Free Speech Union, said: “The Free Speech Union has been lobbying the Government to stamp out this sinister new form of cancel culture for nearly a year and I’m delighted it has decided to do something about it. There’s no place for this kind of censorship in a modern democracy.”
Louisa Clarence-Smith, The Telegraph, 19th July 2023.
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Her remarks were condemned by feminist campaigner Maya Forstater and Toby Young, the general secretary of the Free Speech Union.
Harry Howard, Daily Mail, 16th July 2023.
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when I discovered that PayPal had also closed the accounts of the Free Speech Union and the Daily Sceptic, both organisations I run, that initial wave of embarrassment was replaced by anger. And after going through the internal appeals processes, I decided to launch a public campaign to get the accounts reinstated. This worked, but I haven’t used PayPal since. Meanwhile, the Free Speech Union has been lobbying the UK Treasury for the past nine months to put a stop to this sinister new form of cancel culture.
Toby Young, Spiked, 12th July 2023.
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The vicar contacted the Free Speech Union for help. Its founder, Toby Young, said: “If you respond to a bank’s request for feedback in good faith you shouldn’t lose your account if you say something it doesn’t like.”
The Christian Institute, 7th July 2023.
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Free Speech Union director Toby Young said: “Claire Coutinho is absolutely right. That’s why the new Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act, which Claire helped to pilot through Parliament, is so important.”
Connor Stringer, Daily Mail, 5th July 2023.
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The government first started consulting on freedom of expression and the provision of payment services earlier this year after it was contacted by the Free Speech Union, the campaign group set up by Toby Young, which said it was concerned about financial services being denied to some people.
Ben Quinn and Kayleena Makortoff, The Guardian, 3rd July 2023.
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