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After the riots: we must defend free speech

Fraser Myers on Keir Starmer’s authoritarian calls to censor social media.

Topics Free Speech Politics UK

The UK’s race riots have sparked an inevitable crackdown. But alongside rightly locking up the despicable rioters, UK prime minister Keir Starmer seems to have all of our liberties in his sights. He’s called for more surveillance, more censorship of social media. This would be a catastrophic mistake. Here, Fraser Myers argues that any crusade against misinformation and hate will corrode the freedoms of the many in the name of tackling the bigoted few. Watch and subscribe.

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Topics Free Speech Politics UK

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