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The Cost of Speech with Toby Young

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In this episode Toby Young joins me to discuss his organization, The Free Speech Union, the process of being canceled by an outrage mob on Twitter, and why the value of free speech for all must be protected and defended.

Sasha White interviews Toby Young, Plebity, 27th December 2020.

2020: the year racial identity took over

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To look on the positive side of 2020, we can see that a lot which needs to be done is already in motion. This year, projects like the Free Speech Union, Don’t Divide Us and the Equiano Project were set up. There have recently been some important victories for free speech in universities. And this month, the government decided to drop ‘unconscious bias training’ from the civil service. All of this shows that resistance is beginning to stir.

Inaya Folarin Iman, Spiked, 27th December 2020.

Julie Burchill is paid her advance in full and gets her rights back for book after it was cancelled by publisher over “Islamophobic” Twitter row

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[T]he publisher has now agreed to pay Ms Burchill her advance in full and has returned all the rights to the tome to her after an intervention by the Free Speech Union. MailOnline understands that five new publishers have now offered to take on the book and Ms Burchill told this publication she will decide on which to go with in the New Year.

Harry Howard and Jack Wright, MailOnline, 23rd December 2020.

How to Defeat Cancel Culture

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Cancel Culture continues to permeate western society and ruin lives. Toby Young is a British writer and commentator. He is also the Founder & Director of The Free Speech Union. FSU is an organization dedicate to upholding free speech and protecting those who are unjustly attacked by the mob.

Angelo Isidorou interviews Toby Young, Cancel This, 21st December 2020.

Exclusive: People must have the “right to offend” without facing a police investigation

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Bryn Harris, chief legal counsel of the Free Speech Union said the judgment was “a welcome reminder of when the law will step in to protect free speech.” He added: “We view this as a positive sign that the senior judiciary will exercise their jurisdiction forcefully, and control wayward judges in lower courts who can’t seem to remember their ever-present obligation to protect freedom of expression. The judges in this case rightly recalled that the freedom to offend is not constrained by the facile ‘obligation to be kind’ mooted by the magistrate below.”

Camilla Tominey, The Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2020.

EXCLUSIVE – “I’m disappointed but not surprised”: Eton teacher breaks silence to say college was “backed into a corner” after upholding decision to sack him over “toxic masculinity” lecture row

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The Free Speech Union which has been vocal in its support for Mr Knowland, said he intended to refer Eton’s trustees to the Charity Commission and the Attorney General. His complaint will accuse school bosses of “failing to discharge their duty to protect Eton’s reputation and to ensure it is pursuing its charitable object, which is to advance education for the benefit of its students”.

Andrew Young and Rory Tingle, MailOnline, 15th December 2020.