‘De-Banking’ Victory For the Free Speech Union

‘De-Banking’ Victory For the Free Speech Union

The Free Speech Union is delighted that the Labour Government has decided to make good on the last government’s plan, agreed with the Free Speech Union, to do something about ‘de-banking’. This is a sinister form of cancel culture that has no place in a modern democracy – and we deserve some of the credit for stamping it out. As some of you will know, the Free Speech Union was de-banked by PayPal in 2022. We were given no notice and no proper ex…

State Dept. Rebukes Anti-Free Speech Crackdown on American Company

State Dept. Rebukes Anti-Free Speech Crackdown on American Company Trump’s State Department condemned an anti-free speech government pressuring X to censor. The State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor went after Australia in a May 1 post on X after the country “required X to remove a post criticizing an individual for promoting gender ideology.” Removing this post would have cut off not merely an Australian audience from he…