Lucy Connolly has spent more than 280 days in prison for an intemperate tweet about the Southport murders which she deleted in less than four hours. Laurie Wastell sets out the case for setting her free.
The teenage girl given a six-match ban by the FA for asking a bearded opponent whether he was a man has had the sanction overturned with the help of the Free Speech Union.
A man facing jail for a "grossly offensive" Halloween costume has had his conviction overturned after an intervention by the FSU. Should posting a joke in poor taste on the internet ever be a crime, asks Laurie Wastell.
Labour is tightening the rules around debanking to protect customers in light of Nigel Farage’s high-profile row with NatWest, requiring banks to explain closure decisions in writing and allow them to be challenged.
The 'banter ban' for pubs has been included in Labour's Employment Rights Bill, threatening to turbo-charge the Equality Act and bring the joyless, Stasi-like atmosphere of modern workplaces into leisure time.
Today the Free Speech Union of Canada officially launched its website. Its inaugural Chairman, theoretical physicist Lawrence M. Krauss, writes about why a robust defence of free speech is so critical in Canada today.
A former Royal Marine was put on trial for ‘stirring up racial hatred’ after a Facebook post in which he urged people to protest peacefully about illegal immigration. It took a jury 17 minutes to find him not guilty.
In a victory for free speech, ex-Royal Marine Jamie Michael has been cleared of racial hatred after posting a video calling for peaceful protest following the Southport attack. The jury took just 17 minutes to acquit him.
To mark the 75th anniversary of the death of George Orwell, Laura Perrins interviews Toby – now Lord Young – about the prospects for free speech in the age of Starmer and Trump.
In today's Times, the Govt has trailed the fact that it intends to part-commence the Freedom of Speech Act. Even though we haven't go everything we wanted, this is a solid win for those groups campaigning to save the Act.
