Comment on In 2014, a massage therapist called Sylvie Berki accused Russell Brand of assaulting her. The High Court issued an extraordinary injunction that silenced her for the rest of her life.

Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  The UK is a great example of what happens when you’ve got zero right to free speech

  And America does? Even with the First Amendment, the government and rich organisations and individuals regularly silence people who say the wrong things.

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• Buckshot@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  We do have a right to free speech under article 10 of the human rights act - the thing that all the right wing parties are saying we should remove.

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  • Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    No, this is only limited freedom of expression.

    en.wikipedia.org/…/Censorship_in_the_United_Kingd…

    There is no general right to the freedom of speech in the UK.

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