An Indonesian punk band wrote a song exposing police corruption. Then six cybercrime officers came knocking. The result? A forced apology, a lost job, and a song that’s now an anthem for dissent.

Speaking to Fox News after his meeting with Vice President JD Vance, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer dismissed concerns that his government was cracking down on free expression.

A university lecturer has lost a racial discrimination claim after arguing that criticism of the tone of his emails amounted to a “racist micro-aggression”.

Award-winning Telegraph journalist Allison Pearson is taking legal action against Essex Police after officers visited her home in November following a complaint over a social media post.

The College of Policing is considering a rebrand for NCHIs amid growing criticism. But the issue isn’t the name—it’s the impact. These records can appear on enhanced DBS checks, affecting careers, despite no crime being committed.

The Government’s controversial disinformation team is developing a secretive AI programme to trawl through social media looking for “concerning” posts it deems problematic so it can take “action”.

Pro-trans charity Stonewall claims Trump’s foreign aid freeze may force it to cut up to 50% of its workforce. But is the real problem a collapse in UK support, as institutions grow wary of its intolerance of dissent and disputed take on equality law?

The UK’s online safety watchdog has urged social media companies to go “above and beyond” their legal obligations under the Online Safety Act by censoring “misogynistic” and “hypermasculine” content – even when it is entirely lawful.

A man with ties to Shia extremism who stabbed Sir Salman Rushdie more than a dozen times in an apparent attempt to enforce Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa against The Satanic Verses author has been found guilty of assault and attempted murder.

US tech giant Apple has removed its highest level of data security from British customers in a row with the government which risks further damaging relations with President Trump.

The European Union has advised against using a series of common words and phrases that include “man” in the latest version of its English Style Guide.

A wave of activist-led boycotts is silencing cultural events and stifling artistic expression, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has warned, condemning what she called a “moral puritanism” sweeping through the arts.

In his inaugural speech as Chancellor of Oxford University, Lord Hague of Richmond (William Hague) has vowed to protect freedom of speech.

A 39-year-old man has been jailed for sending an “utterly deplorable” email to safeguarding Jess Phillips MP, the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls.