Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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The UK and Europe claim to value free speech, but looking at their actual laws and policies, it's hard to justify that claim.
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fee.org/articles/uk-man-arrested-for-malicious-communications-after-posting-meme-mocking-the-transgender-flag
fee.org/resources/hate-speech-laws-the-best-arguments-for-them-and-against-them

thefire.org/news/uk-government-issues-warning-think-you-post
thefire.org/news/blogs/free-speech-dispatch/uk-police-threaten-prosecute-speech-further-afield-online-while
fee.org/articles/what-four-british-students-being-suspended-after-damaging-a-quran-means-for-freedom-of-speech
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bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-27501839
Michael Overd
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-55249831
Chelsea Russell
genius.com/a/u-k-woman-charged-with-a-hate-crime-for-posting-grossly-offensive-rap-lyrics-on-instagram
Éric Zemmour
theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/18/french-journalist-racism-drug-dealer
Tonje Gjevjon
newsweek.com/tonje-gjevjon-trans-men-lesbian-transgender-norway-1768161
Count Dankula / Mark Meechan
newsweek.com/youtuber-count-dankula-avoids-jail-following-hate-crime-conviction-teaching-896831