New UK Free Speech Law to Counter ‘Chilling Effect of Censorship on Campus’

New UK Free Speech Law to Counter ‘Chilling Effect of Censorship on Campus’
Students walk through Cambridge University in Cambridge, England, on March 14, 2018. Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images
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The UK government is introducing a “historic” bill to protect free speech in universities and counter the “chilling effect of censorship” on campus, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said on Wednesday.

The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill will require universities and colleges to defend free speech and help stamp out unlawful “silencing,” said the Department for Education (DfE).