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UK's Starmer says free speech must be protected, but there is a limit
Sir Keir Starmer emphasized free speech as a UK founding value while supporting laws to remove illegal online content harmful to children, police said enforcement poses challenges.
- On Thursday at Chequers, Prime Minister Keir Starmer emphasized that while Britain strongly defends free speech, it draws the line when such expression encourages genuine danger to children and at-risk individuals.
- His remarks followed criticism from American figures like Elon Musk and JD Vance accusing the UK’s new Online Safety Law of restricting freedom of speech online.
- Starmer paid condolences for the recent killing of activist Charlie Kirk in Utah and highlighted that the government criminalized encouragement of self-harm after last summer’s riots.
- He stated that free expression is a core principle in the UK and emphasized the country’s strong commitment to safeguarding it, while also criticizing speech that encourages paedophilia or suicide.
- The new Online Safety legislation mandates that social media platforms eliminate unlawful material, aiming to strike a balance between safeguarding freedom of expression and minimizing online harm.
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Freedom of speech is one of the fundamental values that Britain will always guard vigilantly and uncompromisingly, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Thursday during a news conference with US President Donald Trump at the end of his state visit. This is reported by AFP. “We will take strict action against any restrictions on freedom of expression,” Starmer promised, but warned that he distinguishes between freedom of speech and the speech …
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