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In the Media

Articles That Mention the Free Speech Union

What it Feels Like to be Cancelled

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It’s the mob’s weapon of choice – trying to take away their victim’s livelihood – it’s even happened to the cartoonist for the Communist Morning Star and the organiser of a gay pride parade… But what does it feel like to find yourself at the bottom of an internet “pile-on”? The Mail on Sunday spoke to some of the victims of “cancel culture” to find out.

Nick Craven, Mail on Sunday, 12th July 2020.

Toby Young: Since the explosion of the BLM movement more people have been a victim of cancel culture

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Toby Young from the Free Speech Union has said the number of people coming to him for help saying they have been a victim of “cancel culture” has significantly increased since “the explosion of the BLM movement”. Speaking with talkRADIO’s Dan Wootton, he said “[The Left] are living in a different reality if they think cancel culture isn’t real and unfortunately I think the only moment that it’s going to dawn on them that it is real is when the mob comes for them.”

Dan Wootton interviews Toby Young, talkRadio, 9th July 2020.

We’re facing a tsunami of censorship

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What can be done about this tsunami of censorship? I’m tempted to say: make it illegal to fire someone for exercising their lawful right to free speech — but I don’t want to encroach on private companies’ freedom of association.

Toby Young, The Spectator, magazine issue of 4th July 2020.