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Free speech organisations are warning that new education directives will broaden book bans in schools, arguing the orders will restrict what students can read. The groups say the measures give officials wider authority to remove titles from libraries and classrooms. The reports stem from Florida outlets, suggesting the policy debate centres on US state education policy, with civil liberties groups pushing back against expanded censorship powers.
- 2Most Britons say Government protects only speech it agrees with●Majority of Britons say Government only protects speech it agrees with
A majority of Britons believe the UK Government only defends free speech when it agrees with the views being expressed, according to a poll highlighted by civil liberties group Liberty. The finding points to growing public scepticism about the consistency of official commitments to freedom of expression, with respondents seeing political selectivity in which speech is protected and which is criticised.