The Westminster Declaration - Promoting Free Speech

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The Westminster Declaration

Journalists, authors, and others unite against global censorship, which threatens our free speech rights. We confront labels like "misinformation" and warn of a 'Censorship-Industrial Complex' involving governments and tech firms. The Westminster Declaration declares free speech as a human

westminsterdeclaration.org

Some interesting signatories.

 

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"Censorship in the name of 'preserving democracy' inverts what should be a bottom-up system of representation into a top-down system of ideological control. This censorship is ultimately counter-productive: it sows mistrust, encourages radicalization, and de-legitimizes the democratic process. "