22 Jan 2021
A newly founded British political party which says it wants to fight woke-culture is calling for Britain to follow Poland’s example by “outlawing censorship” online.
Reclaim, founded by actor Laurence Fox who rose to prominence after he told a left-wing heckler on the BBC that “to call me a white, privileged male” and deny his right to an opinion on certain topics “is to be racist”, triggering a furious denouncement by an actors’ union issued the call in a submission to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee.
The parliamentary committee, chaired by Lord Gilbert of Panteg and currently charged with conducting an inquiry into freedom of expression online, was urged by Fox’s party to “explore the model adopted by Poland, forbidding social media platforms from censoring posts and banning users who do not break the law,” according to a statement seen by Breitbart London.
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