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Rishi Sunak’s free speech champion will ‘restore some sanity’ to English universities

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A spokesperson from the Free Speech Union (FSU), which is representing academics who allege they were violently threatened by LGBT+ activists, told Express.co.uk: “We’re contacted every week by students and academics who need our help, who are frightened about the consequences of speaking out in today’s stifling universities.
“The problem has spread far beyond higher education to workplaces, businesses, and the NHS. The free speech champion can help tackle the problem at source, and restore free speech – and some sanity – to England’s universities, and help those who are still brave enough to speak their minds.”

Luke Whelan, Daily Express, 22nd January 2023.

Punishing the innocent

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Later, with respect to the “Online Safety Bill”, which has brought typically docile Conservative MPs to a fever pitch in their efforts to stop people being mean to them on Twitter, the discussion mixed genuine evils like child pornography and terrorist materials with mere “offensive” speech among phenomena that must be cleared off the Internet, leading Toby Young of the Free Speech Union to comment:
… the Bill does little to tackle genuine harms such as the distribution of child pornography or instructions on how to make bombs … and instead risks censoring swathes of online content that’s perfectly legal.

Ben Sixsmith, The Critic, 18th January 2023.

Seminar on free speech tomorrow

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Toby Young, deputy editor of the Spectator and chairman of the UK Free Speech Union, has been highly critical of his government’s actions during the coronavirus era, and has waged many attacks against attempts to silence debate on the subject. Toby Young addresses freedom of expression and personal liberty in a time of ongoing emergency and fear in a message he calls “How Pascal’s wager has made us slaves of all people.”

Iceland Monitor, 6th January 2023.

Mark Hillery, Durham University’s top donor, pulls funding

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Toby Young, British columnist and founder of the Free Speech Union, said: “Durham is the front line in the battle to restore free speech at British universities.
“Scarcely a week goes by without a student or academic reaching out to the Free Speech Union for help. We’re thinking of opening an office in the city.”

Phoebe Abruzzese, The Northern Echo, 4th January 2023.

Wealthy donor who gifted £7 million to Durham University has cut off his cash over “rise in campus wokery” and is now funnelling his money into “fighting for free speech” in academia

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The retired hedge fund manager donated more than £7 million to his alma mater, Collingwood College, between 2015 and 2021. But this year, instead of funnelling his cash to the university, he gifted £400,000 to the Free Speech Union.

Connor Stringer, Daily Mail, 28th December 2022.

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