The Oxford University Students' Union has reversed its decision to ban the Oxford Union from freshers' fair after the Union refused to no-platform Kathleen Stock following an intervention by the Free Speech Union.
If you want to discover the limits of free speech nowadays, talk about sex and gender, says Joanna Williams, whose upcoming talk on free speech and gender ideology has been cancelled by an Ontario public library.
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Henrik cover some of the latest good and bad news in No-Go Zone on this May 17, 2023.
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Elon Musk announced that Linda Yaccarino, who is the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Executive Chairwoman of the Taskforce on Future of Work. When Musk was interviewed by Yaccarino and she suggested content moderation would lead to more advertising revenue. His commitment to free speech is being questioned.
More than 40 academics have intervened in support of a planned appearance at Oxford by Prof. Kathleen Stock, after students have tried to cancel her talk because she disputes that 'transwomen are women'.
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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?"
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The U.K. Government is set to spend £600,000 ($755,000) on social media surveillance to identify “harmful disinformation and misinformation narratives”.
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Privacy – one of the most basic rights in any free society – is under threat from the Online Safety Bill, which is currently making its way through Parliament. The central issue is the undermining of encryption.
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Millennial Woes joins Henrik to guest host Flashback Friday this May 12, 2023. We talk about some of the recent news with Tucker, Twitter, Trump & if these conservative "good guys" really are good guys.
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Human rights organisation Liberty has suddenly discovered the free speech crisis, for, er, climate change alarmists and anti-monarchy protesters. This is a Left-progressive pantomime, says Dr David McGrogan.
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