328: ‘The scale of censorship is insane’ | Greg Lukianoff on Britain’s speech police

328: ‘The scale of censorship is insane’ | Greg Lukianoff on Britain’s speech police

This is the audio from a video we have just published on our YouTube channel – an interview with Greg Lukianoff. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked Is the UK a free country any more? An estimated nine people per day are arrested for making offensive comments online. In fact, more people had their collars felt in Britain for speech crimes in 2015 and 2016 than were arrested in the US during the entirety of First Red Scare. Here, Greg Lukianoff – president of the US’s Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression – warns that laws against so-called hate speech, and the elite panic over ‘misinformation’, have given licence to the British state to trample on our liberties. He also discusses the Trumpian threat to free speech, the explosion of campus censorship in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, and what it really means to ‘incite violence’. Please donate generously to spiked’s Christmas give-a-thon. If you give £50 or more, you can get a free spiked mug, while stocks last. Donate here: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ (Mugs can only be sent to UK addresses, sadly.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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62: 'Calling a woman a "terf" is just a new way of calling her a "witch"'

62: 'Calling a woman a "terf" is just a new way of calling her a "witch"'

On this week’s spiked podcast: Brendan O’Neill on the problem with labelling women ‘terfs’, Rob Lyons on Hammond’s safety-first budget, and Nico Perrino on the problem of campus censorship in the US. ...

24 Nov 201742min

61: Julia Hartley-Brewer: 'We're all bored of this Pestminster witch-hunt'

61: Julia Hartley-Brewer: 'We're all bored of this Pestminster witch-hunt'

On this week's spiked podcast: Julia Hartley-Brewer on the 'Pestminster' scandal, Jon Holbrook on the democratic potential of Brexit, and Claire Fox on the problem with sanctifying transgenderism. spi...

18 Nov 201740min

60: Thomas Frank: 'Trump proves that anything is possible'

60: Thomas Frank: 'Trump proves that anything is possible'

On this week’s spiked podcast, Tom Slater talks to Thomas Frank about Trump, Hillary and the moral disarray of the Democratic Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11 Nov 201728min

59: 'We’re beginning to find sex disgusting'

59: 'We’re beginning to find sex disgusting'

This week’s spiked podcast is a #MeToo special. To get to grips with this moral panic, Joanna Williams and Luke Gittos discuss the sex-pest scandal gripping Westminster, and Lionel Shriver talks flirt...

3 Nov 201732min

58: 'Free speech is crucial in the battle of ideas'

58: 'Free speech is crucial in the battle of ideas'

This week’s spiked podcast is a Battle of Ideas special. To give you a flavour of the discussions at this year’s festival, held this weekend at the Barbican in London and organised by the Institute of...

27 Okt 201735min

57: 'This is becoming a sexual Salem'

57: 'This is becoming a sexual Salem'

On this week’s spiked podcast: Brendan O’Neill on the Harvey Weinstein hysteria, Luke Gittos on why ISIS’s White Widow deserved to die, and Ceri Dingle on WORLDwrite’s new documentary, 1917: Why the R...

20 Okt 201739min

56: Munira Mirza: 'I've been called a race denier'

56: Munira Mirza: 'I've been called a race denier'

On this week's spiked podcast: Munira Mirza discusses the government's race audit and why we need a more open debate about inequality. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

13 Okt 201720min

55: ‘The Catalan crisis confirms the EU is tearing nations apart’

55: ‘The Catalan crisis confirms the EU is tearing nations apart’

On this week’s spiked podcast: Brendan O’Neill on the Europe-wide attack on democracy, Kevin Yuill on why banning guns wouldn’t have prevented the Las Vegas shooting, and Adrian Hart on the truth behi...

7 Okt 201733min

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