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Jury yet to reach verdict in Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook trial

Jurors concluded their first full day of deliberations without reaching a verdict on Friday in a trial to determine how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay for spreading the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting was a hoax. Jurors ...

07 Oct 2022 at 23:43

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Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook attack was ‘100% real’

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has testified that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax and that he now believes it was “100% real”. Speaking a day after the parents of a ...

03 Aug 2022 at 19:18

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Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than four million dollars

A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than four million dollars (£3.3 million) in compensatory damages to the parents of a six-year-old boy who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. It ...

05 Aug 2022 at 10:04

Trigger warnings on Harry Potter doing a ‘disservice’ to students, says minister

Students are being done a “disservice” over trigger warnings placed on books such as Harry Potter at universities, an education minister has said. Universities minister Michelle Donelan told the PA news agency there is a need for ...

26 Apr 2022 at 14:55

Raab: Bill of Rights would give free speech a legal trump card

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has said proposals to replace Labour’s Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights would ensure the principle of free speech became a legal “trump card”. The deputy Prime Minister said the ...

26 Mar 2022 at 07:55

Free Speech Bill amendments to crack down on ‘foreign’ influence on universities

The Government has said “foreign actors” will not be able to have “undue influence” over UK universities, in amendments to its Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill. The tabled amendments call for UK higher education ...

13 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Musk description of free speech criticised as Twitter takeover fallout continues

Elon Musk’s message that free speech on Twitter should mean allowing any content that is legal has been dismissed as too simplistic as the backlash to his takeover of the social media platform continues. After concerns ...

27 Apr 2022 at 11:25

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Lawsuit seeks to bar Trump from Colorado primary

A liberal group has filed a lawsuit to bar former president Donald Trump from the primary ballot in Colorado, arguing he is ineligible to run for the White House again under a rarely used clause in the US Constitution ...

07 Sept 2023 at 10:52

Universities must protect minority students – Welby

Universities should have their funding cut if they fail to protect students from minority backgrounds, the Archbishop of Canterbury has suggested. The Most Rev Justin Welby made the comments amid a series of free ...

06 Jul 2023 at 23:41

‘Universities which promote free speech help society as a whole’

Universities which promote free speech and “tolerance for disagreement” are not only helping students but the whole of society, a freedom-of-speech chief has suggested. Professor Arif Ahmed, director for freedom ...

09 Oct 2023 at 15:28

Reforms to stop Russian oligarchs’ ‘abuse’ of British courts to muzzle critics

Courts will be given new powers to stop Russian oligarchs “abusing” the UK legal system to silence critics under reforms announced by the Government. The series of measures, set out by Deputy Prime Minister ...

20 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Offence trigger warnings for Hansard spark criticism amid free speech fears

A move to include offence trigger warnings on the official parliamentary record has been criticised at Westminster, amid fears it could have a chilling effect on what members say. Concerns over adding the ...

16 Jun 2022 at 18:12

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