Claims of ‘crisis’ in campus free speech ‘are fake news’

UK government's Prevent strategy is ‘true threat to free speech’ in universities, argues Hepi pamphlet by former US government civil rights official

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Reader's comments (2)

#1 Submitted by will.mington on June 27, 2019 - 10:42am
This is utter nonsense, but I am glad to support her freedom of speech: Ms Stoughton says: “There is every reason to believe that black and minority ethnic students and academics, as well as those of Muslim faith, will be caught up in the Prevent programme, and even more reason to know that their exercise of the right to freedom of speech, conscience and association has been compromised.”
#2 Submitted by Mr Comment on June 27, 2019 - 11:21am
"Crisis" or "fake news" - what happened to moderation in language? As usual the truth falls somewhere in the middle. Playing on definitions doesn't help.

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