Those who benefit from, and defend, freedom of speech are often those who already enjoy the most privilege in society.
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The ‘No Platform’ campaign from the National Union of Students is stifling debate on university campuses.
You might think today’s government is harsh, but the 1790s were a tough time for those who wanted to speak their mind.
Many schools claim that when students attend in uniforms, it improves discipline, and leads to academic gains. But does it?
Victory for Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy does not necessarily mean free speech is a given.
In defence of the campaign by students and lecturers at Cambridge for the university to take down a promotional video featuring the controversial historian.
As is distant wars, journalists in France are now kept away from areas where security forces intervene against terrorists. Should this be welcomed?
The #feesmustfall movement brought gains for democracy. As relatively free spaces for enquiry, universities have a public duty to fight, not facilitate, a slide into a national security state.
Two incidents have stressed the fragility of free speech in Britain in the face of police use of anti-terror legislation to seize materials from journalists and academics. The Independent has reported…
Courts have left teachers and administrators without adequate guidance on schoolchildren’s free speech rights. Should schools exercise censorship?
When only six people showed up for a panel designed to raise awareness of banned books, the pot needed to be stirred a bit.
The university should be the bastion of the right to free expression in the promotion of democracy, and has a moral and ethical obligation to provide spaces for fierce debate and critical engagement.
The social media giant says it takes online abuse seriously. But there are calls for it to do more amid reports it’s not doing enough to deal with threats or abuse.
David Cameron has attacked universities for allowing radical Islam to be spread on their campuses. But who draws the line when it comes to freedom of speech?
The British PM admitted that some Muslims don’t feel they have a place in the UK.
What message does it send when we remove symbols of an unsavory – but important – part of American history?
Hulk Hogan is suing Gawker for $100 million in a case that not only could bankrupt the media empire known for its gossip but could erode the First Amendment as well.
Recent cases of tweets by a Boston University professor about racism and others have raised questions about what might be the limits to academic freedom.
Counter-extremism proposals replace tolerance with incarceration.
In the strange parallel world where free speech means causing offence and taking offence means revenge, life and death go on ad nauseam.
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