The National Post: Europe’s Censors Threaten Free Speech Around The Globe

By J.D. Tuccille

Last week, while visiting the U.K., United States Vice-President JD Vance warned Foreign Secretary David Lammy that his country’s government shouldn’t proceed down the “very dark path” of restricting speech. This week, the U.S. State Department released its latest reports on human rights practices around the world, calling out several European countries, particularly France, Germany, and the U.K., for “serious restrictions on freedom of expression” as well as growing antisemitic violence.  

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In May, Jacob Mchangama, the head of The Future of Free Speech think-tank at Vanderbilt University, commented, “in Europe free speech has been in steep decline for years, but there’s no real public outcry, no mainstream concern about democratic backsliding.” He accused the old world of being in a “state of delusional ‘Censorship Denial.’” 

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