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To Stop ISIS, Britain Is Set to Stop Free Speech

CRACKDOWN!

The proposed law is meant to silence or force into exile anyone advocating violent jihad in the UK or waging it outside.

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LONDON — Britain has had enough: the government will announce radical plans to end centuries of free speech on Wednesday in an unprecedented terror crackdown that would force Internet companies to monitor users; restrict the movement of suspects and ban extremist speakers from public forums.

Theresa May, the Home Secretary, said...

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