R.I.P. The Scottish Enlightenment 1697-2024
The Scottish Enlightenment will die on April 1st 2024, 327 years after the incident that provoked it, when Thomas Aikenhead became the last Brit to be hanged for blasphemy, says C.J. Strachan.
The Scottish Enlightenment will die on April 1st 2024, 327 years after the incident that provoked it, when Thomas Aikenhead became the last Brit to be hanged for blasphemy, says C.J. Strachan.
J.K. Rowling has vowed to continue "calling a man a man" in defiance of controversial new SNP hate crime laws, which she branded "ludicrous".
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's new Online Harms Act will allow judges to give life sentences to those who commit speech crimes on social media, as critics slam it as "Orwellian" and an "overreach".
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Accusations of 'hate speech' are being increasingly used to silence lawful discussions unpopular with progressives in the European Parliament.
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Paul D. Thacker has written an illuminating exposé of the shadowy workings of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate and its leader Imran Ahmed, and their outsize role in driving online censorship.
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