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Cancelling cancel culture: Students and academics will be able to SUE universities for censoring free speech under planned Government crackdown Academics will be able to seek compensation for being denied free speech Gavin Williamson has unveiled plans for a ‘free speech champion’ at university Mr Williamson warned of the threat of a ‘cancel culture’ and … Read more
President Donald Trump’s team of impeachment lawyers summoned the furious rhetorical style of their client as they began his defense Friday against what they termed a ‘sham impeachment’ they branded a ‘witch hunt.’ Lawyer Michael van der Veen came out swinging with legal arguments that appeared to channel the former Twitter rage of his client … Read more
French far-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen has denied breaking hate speech laws by tweeting ‘monstrous’ pictures of ISIS atrocities, a case she slammed as a politically motivated attempt to silence her. The leader of the National Rally party appeared in a Paris court today after she was accused of spreading hate by publicising the … Read more
Christine McGuinness has revealed her autistic daughter Felicity is ‘smashing’ speech and language therapy as she shared some sweet snaps of the youngster. Christine, 32, who has always been open about her children’s highs and lows in living with autism said she was a ‘proud mummy’ as she shared a post about Felicity’s progress in … Read more
President Donald Trump’s former impeachment lawyer Alan Dershowitz absolutely panned Trump’s current impeachment lawyer Bruce Castor’s opening swing at an argument during Tuesday’s Senate trial. ‘There is no argument. I have no idea what he’s doing. I have no idea why he’s saying what he’s saying,’ Dershowitz said Tuesday on Newsmax as Castor’s 47-minute rambling opening … Read more
Gavin Williamson slams outgoing chairman of student watchdog for failing to protect free speech on Britain’s campuses Gavin Williamson criticised Office for Students for not protecting free speech He said under Sir Michael Barber ‘little regulatory action’ has been taken In a letter, he urged Lord Wharton of Yarm to ‘use the full range of its powers’ … Read more
Facebook will crack down on ‘misinformation’ about Covid-19, including claims that coronavirus was man-made, the tech giant has announced, sparking freedom of speech fears. The news comes despite the outbreak’s source still not being identified, and after WHO scientists researching the origins of Covid in China said it is ‘extremely unlikely’ the virus leaked from a lab. … Read more
Donald Trump’s impeachment lawyer spells out ‘free speech’ trial strategy: ‘Just because someone gave a speech and people got excited doesn’t mean it’s the speechmaker’s fault.’ Trumps lawyers submitted their first impeachment brief for Senate trial Tuesday They argue Trump was within his First Amendment rights when he told a crowd to ‘fight like hell’ … Read more
Married At First Sight’s Dean Wells has criticised dating app Bumble’s decision to ban body-shaming language on its platform. The creative director, 43, slammed the company’s move and argued it was somehow an attack on free speech. ‘Yet another example of our freedoms being taken away one by one,’ he wrote on Instagram next a … Read more
The spokeswoman of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was jailed for nine days today to stop her from attending further protests as the Kremlin’s free-speech crackdown extends to the country’s young people. The imprisonment of Kira Yarmysh today for multiple counts of organising a rally comes before pro-democracy Russians are due to take to the … Read more