Criminalizing “misleading” campaign speech may sound like a good idea, but handing politicians the power to define truth is a cure worse than the disease.
War abroad and censorship at home, meanwhile the UK bans protests and eyes campus speech under “non-violent extremism,” raising alarms for academic freedom.
Hamit Coskun beat UK prosecutors after burning a Quran in protest — but the case exposes troubling threats to free speech and blasphemy bans in Britain.
