Fraser Hudghton of the Free Speech Union challenges Scotland's Hate Crime Act following news that from next year, 'hate crime' will encompass age-related threats or abusive language.
Ireland's new hate crime bill will impose the most draconian free speech restrictions we've seen anywhere in a Western liberal democracy. It‘s even worse that Scotland‘s Hate Crime and Public Order Act.
The Guardian reports a "huge" rise in hurty feelings of climate scientists on Twitter since Elon Musk took over. The "vicious abuse" includes: "Any luck finding the climate crisis yet?"
Twitter owner Elon Musk has accused a BBC reporter of lying during an interview in a row over whether incidents of hate speech are increasing on the social network.
The only line that’s been crossed in the Clarkson affair is robust condemnation – which is perfectly legitimate – becoming an attempt to get him fired. That’s when vigorous public debate turns into cancel culture.
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.
The US, UK and 60 other countries have signed a sweeping “Declaration for the Future of the Internet” which commits to bolstering "resilience to misinformation” and censoring “harmful” content.
