The Online Safety Bill — an analsis | Edward Kendall
This is all very well if the law protects freedom of speech, but gives little satisfaction to those who live in jurisdictions where free speech is not legally protected. This is really the crux of the matter and why the legal protection of free speech is so important. Furthermore, this is why it is so important to make sure that the Online Safety Bill is shelved or at the very least significantly changed, because freedom of speech online is seriously imperilled by this draft legislation.
The response to Sarah Everard’s murder requires neither misogyny nor misandry | Sam Hall
The present discourse on this issue predictably blames all men. Critics of this view will argue to the contrary; but the attack on masculinity and the very reality of being male has been underway for some time. On the one hand, we argue violently for men’s mental health and well-being and that we should be kind; but on the other, we give undue credence to the narrative that all men are monsters and should be unilaterally held with suspicion. Many men are not confident to walk home alone on a dark night through crime-ridden streets and areas of London, or other major cities. Therefore, you cannot blame all men for the crimes of a minority who not only exploit the risks women decide to take, but also the the cosy world that has become our virtual reality during the pandemic.
Imperiled UK prisons require conservative reform | Dan Mikhaylov
For us, prison reform does not constitute a mere economic necessity, motivated by the need to end the squandering of the taxpayers’ money on programmes that neither contribute to the delinquents’ rehabilitation, nor ensure our own security upon their release. Conversely, we advocate for it from the perspective of the common weal: it presupposes a system that simultaneously uproots those who endanger order and tranquillity, and improves and educates wrongdoers. Our system must be undergirded by the Christian principle of forgiveness.