Cambridge University Votes to Amend Rules That Curtailed Free Speech

Cambridge University Votes to Amend Rules That Curtailed Free Speech
Students walk through Cambridge University in Cambridge, England, on March 14, 2018. Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images
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Cambridge University amended rules which may cause a stifling of debate and the de-platforming of speakers, after a landslide vote by its governing members, the university said on Wednesday.

A number of academics and commentators congratulated the university for “a win for freedom of speech.”