Index on Censorship is the watchdog that ensures that you and I can exercise our freedom of speech, and they kick up an almighty fuss about those places in the world that don’t allow us to do that. But the recent rise of far-right hate speech, boosted and amplified on social media, has proved a danger to our democracies and our most basic human rights – so in these battle for rights, who wins out in the end? Listen in full
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Free speech, hate speech and over-reach with Jodie Ginsberg (Our Man In Stockholm)
The recent rise of far-right hate speech, boosted and amplified on social media, has proved a danger to our democracies and our most basic human rights - so in these battle for rights, who wins out in the end?
03 Jun 19

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