The UK Labour government is willing to renegotiate elements of its flagship Online Safety Act, raising the prospect that its social media censorship laws could be softened to address US free speech concerns and help secure a trade deal with Donald Trump’s administration.
Britain’s taxpayer-funded tourism body has advised tour guides to abandon the phrase “able-bodied” in favour of “non-disabled”, in the latest example of bureaucratic attempts to regulate language in the workplace.
A charity boss who was disqualified over “Islamophobic” social media posts has won a landmark legal victory, successfully overturning a decision by the Charity Commission in a case with significant free speech implications.
A former Royal Marine who spent 20 days in prison after posting a Facebook video about illegal immigration has been unanimously cleared of stirring up racial hatred – within just 17 minutes of jury deliberation.
Under plans to reform the government’s system for allocating research funding, unis that fail to "robustly" promote EDI face budget cuts. The proposed shift in emphasis, from ‘research’ to ‘culture’, is far from benign and will entrench bureaucratic control over intellectual inquiry.
A Reform UK councillor has been reprimanded by a council watchdog after suggesting that mental health struggles are “the 21st-century version of the bad back”.
Seeing Things Queerly, a self-led tour of the Science Museum that focuses on “stories of queer communities, experiences and identities”, includes a display of Lego bricks, with the accompanying guide saying that they reinforce the idea that heterosexuality is “the norm”.
For those who flee authoritarian regimes in search of freedom, the right to speak, think and assemble without fear of reprisal should be guaranteed. But new data reveals that even in Western democracies, exiles are increasingly denied these fundamental rights.
FSU General Secretary Toby Young joined Matt Goodwin on GB News to warn that Labour’s new Islamophobia Council could bypass Parliament and criminalise Islamophobia by stealth.
FSU member Jamie Michaels was acquitted in just 17 minutes after being prosecuted for a Facebook video. We covered his legal costs and secured top representation — because no one should face trial for lawful speech.
The journalist, YouTuber and friend of the FSU Andrew Gold recently had an episode of his podcast Heretics taken down by the monetising platform Patreon – for, fans of irony will be pleased to hear, the sin of heresy.
Angela Rayner is planning to create a new council on ‘Islamophobia’ and is lining up an ex-Tory minister to lead it. The 16-strong body will also help to draw up an official government definition of Islamophobia, sources say.
The NHS’s medicines watchdog has issued a new language guide that turns straightforward medical terms into potential infractions — an implicit speech code that critics warn prioritises ideological conformity over clinical clarity.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have publicly named a man and disclosed his street address and local area after he was charged with allegedly burning pages of the Quran, despite the clear and immediate risks posed to those accused of ‘blasphemy’ by radical Islamists.
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