Index on Censorship

Index on Censorship is a nonprofit organization that promotes and defends freedom of expression worldwide. It publishes a quarterly magazine and journalism on censorship issues, conducts advocacy campaigns and research on threats to free speech, and runs a fellowship program supporting journalists, artists, and campaigners.www.indexoncensorship.org

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Oct 19, 2026

Mostly Book Talk

Mostly Book Talk

National Year of Reading - Letterbox Library

Oct 19 · 1 Mention

Fen ColesGUEST

10:23

We just do it by the back door, so...

Fen ColesGUEST

10:25

I think Index on Censorship did a really interesting survey a while ago with librarians, including school librarians.

Fen ColesGUEST

10:30

And what they discovered was that librarians were sort of self-selfing in advance, but it's all anecdotal and we don't have the data to prove this.

Fen ColesGUEST

10:37

But the titles that librarians were focusing on and schools under parental pressure were tended to be books with LGBTQ plus representations.

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The Rise of Book Bans in Modern Britain

Oct 7 · 2 Mentions

speaker_2HOST

8:33

What do you mean?

speaker_1HOST

8:35

So prior to a twenty twenty-four index on censorship investigation, which by the way, The Independent co-published, there was this pervasive psychological blind spot in the UK.

speaker_2HOST

8:46

People just didn't think it was happening.

speaker_1HOST

8:47

Exactly.

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speaker_2HOST

35:25

There is active resistance, which was really encouraging to read.

speaker_1HOST

35:29

The report highlights the 2025 relaunch of Banned Books Week in the UK.

speaker_1HOST

35:34

This was spearheaded by the Index on Censorship and a coalition of freedom of expression organizations.

speaker_2HOST

35:40

And their methodology is basically a direct inversion of the suppression tactics, right?

Midlands Today with Will Faulkner

Midlands Today with Will Faulkner

Week 40 - Tuesday

Oct 7 · 2 Mentions

David HollywoodHOST

7:16

So, uh, they have notified the other party that this side, Mary Lou McDonald's side, intends to restart and continue litigation.

David HollywoodHOST

7:23

Uh, the case is controversial, with the Index on Censorship flagging it as a potential threat to media freedom.

David HollywoodHOST

7:29

Uh, so it came about when an item in February of twenty twenty-two, in which the exclusion of coalition politicians from a National Women's Council rally was discussed.

David HollywoodHOST

7:38

Although Ms. McDonald wasn't involved in the discussion, reference was made to Sinn Féin's treatment of, uh, Maria Cahill, uh, who was raped by a suspected senior IRA figure.

David HollywoodHOST

7:47

The Index on Censorship, which is a medium, a media freedom NGO in London, uh, later filed a media freedom alert with the Council of Europe platform for the protection of journalism and safety of journalists.

David HollywoodHOST

7:59

It said it was alarmed by the legal action and believed it was characteristic of a strategic lawsuit against public participation.

David HollywoodHOST

8:06

This is otherwise known as SLAPP.