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New bill could threaten free speech

New bill could threaten free speech

And not just for foreign spies

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Joshua Rozenberg
Oct 20, 2022
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The government’s National Security Bill could criminalise behaviour that is no threat to national security, a committee of MPs and peers says in a report published this week. Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has concluded that some of the new offences to be created by the bill would unnecessarily and disproportionately interfere with rights …

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