Concerns Government Is Backtracking Over University Free Speech Bill

In this file image, a student arrives for their graduation ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall in London, England, on Oct. 13, 2015. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Cancel culture and free speech experts worry that a government Bill designed to protect speakers at universities has been watered down.

The government has been accused of making concessions to universities over a new law it had drawn up to enable academics and students to take institutions to court for breaching free speech violations.