‘False narrative’: campaigners say British bill of rights could undermine free speech

Organisations including Index on Censorship condemn government’s claim a bill would boost freedom of expression

Free speech campaigners have condemned the UK government’s boast that the planned British bill of rights will boost freedom of expression, claiming that it will actually undermine it.

The bill, published on Wednesday, says in clause 4 that on matters of free speech “a court must give great weight to the importance of protecting the right”.

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