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Is freedom of speech on life support in the UK?

By Ian Haworth
Published March 17, 2023 10:17am ET
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Is freedom of speech on life support in the UK?
Brentford's Ivan Toney gestures during the English Premier League soccer match between Brentford and Fulham at Brentford Community Stadium in Brentford, West London, Monday, March 6, 2023. | (AP Photo/David Cliff)

Freedom of speech is officially on life support in the United Kingdom, if it was ever alive at all, after a man was handed a four-month jail sentence for a racially abusive message on social media.

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