Arrested for a Facebook Post: Ben Jones on Britain's Free Speech Collapse
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Dr Ben Jones discusses the decline of free speech in Britain and his new book, Island of Strangers.
Dr Ben Jones, Director of Case Management at the UK Free Speech Union, joins host Dane Giraud to discuss his new book, Island of Strangers, and a question that should trouble anyone who values open debate: how did Britain - the country that gave the world so much of its free-speech tradition - become a place where the police knock on your door over a Facebook post? Jones has spent five years on the front line of Britain's free-speech wars, and his union now fields around fifty requests for ...
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