News Round-Up
19 March 2024
Accusations of 'hate speech' are being increasingly used to silence lawful discussions unpopular with progressives in the European Parliament.
Over the weekend, the Government quietly slipped out the news that it's scrapped plans to ban 'conversion therapy'. This is a major victory for free speech and in no small part due to the lobbying of the Free Speech Union.
In another victory for the Free speech Union, the Employment Tribunal has upheld a claim of unfair dismissal and disability discrimination on behalf of Carl Borg-Neal, an employee of Lloyds Bank.
Elon Musk is suing George Soros-linked NGOs for spreading 'misinformation' about the prevalence of 'hate speech' on social media to justify draconian censorship legislation, such as Ireland's hate speech bill.ch bill.
The Digital Services Act comes into force today, empowering the EU to force social media companies to take down 'disinformation', including "gender and sexuality" content that's "part of a wider 'anti-woke' narrative".
Thanks to the support of Jolyon Maugham's Good Law Project, the LGB Alliance, a charity that defends women's rights, has been embroiled in litigation for the best part of two years. Will the fox-killer ever give it a rest?
In a major blow to pro-censorship organisations like NewsGuard, the GDI and Graphika, a bill was passed in the US last week preventing the Pentagon from funding them.
Freddie Attenborough, the comms officer of the Free Speech Union, reflects on the absurdity of the Cambridge Footlights advertising for 'sensitivity readers'. Is satire finally dead?
As we hurtle towards a cashless economy, PayPal's abortive censorship of the FSU is part of a global trend to weaponise Big Tech to suppress dissent of every kind, which must be opposed at all costs.
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