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259: Toby Young: Why the elites loathe free speech

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Toby Young – founder and director of the Free Speech Union – joins Brendan O’Neill for the latest episode of <em>The Brendan O’Neill Show</em>. Toby and Brendan discuss the rise of the censorship industrial complex, the dangers of banning hate speech and why free speech is our best weapon against the new anti-Semitism.

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