free speech

Elon Musk acquires Twitter: translating the press release Members Public

Elon Musk has acquired Twitter. Let's look at what he — and Twitter's current CEO — had to say about the deal.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
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City Students Union votes to ban Mail, Sun and Express Members Public

We are clearly living in interesting times. There are political moves afoot in the student union at City, University of London (where I lecture), to adopt the Stop Funding Hate approach (see post passim [https://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2016/11/stop-funding-hate-attack-free-speech.html] ). That’s led to a student union

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
censorship

Is Stop Funding Hate an attack on free speech? Members Public

Stop Stop Funding Hate [http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/11/stop-funding-hate-nasty-elitist-campaign-press-censorship/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lunchtime_Espresso_16112016] , says Brendan O’Neill for The Spectator: > SFH’s agitation to pull ads from newspapers is not some simple, good, happy-clappy act of consumer

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
censorship