A group that has been documenting speakers’ protests and academic cancelations across campuses for nearly two decades has identified which universities have had the most “chilling effect” on free speech.
Since 2006, the group Academics For Academic Freedom (AFAF) has recorded examples of protests, no-platforming, sackings, and resignations that have resulted in the restriction of freedom of speech on campuses across Britain and Ireland.
AFAF also maintains The Banned List, a list of academics and others who have faced attempts to censor them or ban them from campuses, which it has now analysed to identify universities that have been the “worst offenders” for free speech….