Search results for "free speech"

iPlod: Sajid Javid’s new internet rules will have a chilling effect on free speech (Spectator, 13 April 2019)

 Monday wasn’t the best day for the government to launch Online Harms, its white paper on internet regulation. As Sajid Javid was proudly proclaiming that Britain would have the toughest internet laws in the world, it emerged that a British woman had been arrested on a trip to Dubai and faced up to two years […]
2019-04-11

Membership 1972 Club Free Speech Champion
2019-04-10

Free speech and censorship in China. Thirty years since Tiananmen Square, what are the challenges today?
2019-04-01

Membership 1972 Club Free Speech Defender
2019-03-28

Membership 1972 Club Free Speech Champion
2019-03-28

Universities are allowing free speech to be curtailed in favour of ‘rule of the mob’, former equalities chief warns (Telegraph, 3 February 2019)

 Universities are allowing free speech to be curtailed on campuses in favour of “rule of the mob”, the former equalities chief has warned, as he says vice-Chancellors must stop behaving like “frightened children” and take a stand. Read the full article.
2019-02-03

Pervasive and personal: Observations on free speech online

 Technology has linked much of the world together, but in its complexity and ubiquity, technology also has deeply personal qualities.
2019-02-01

New report and guide on free speech in UK universities published

 A narrative of safety and risk is hampering freedom of speech on UK university campuses, a new Index report has found.
2018-11-28

Battle over free speech: Are trigger warnings, safe spaces and no-platforming harming young minds?

 Why are universities in America and increasingly in Britain introducing measures to protect students from speech and texts they might find harmful?
2018-09-30

This week on Index: Who are your free speech heroes?

 You have just until 24 September to tell us about your free speech champions.
2018-09-14

Black and banned: Who is free speech for?

 Is free speech a way to promote unheard and under-represented voices and perspectives, or is it a tool wielded by extremists and supremacists?
2018-09-07

Academic’s indictment reflects the Turkish government’s criminalisation of free speech

 Despite the lifting of the state of emergency in July, arbitrary arrests and human rights violations continue.
2018-09-04