(Ben Margot/AP)The student group planning to hold a “Free Speech Week” at the University of California at Berkeley canceled the event Saturday, the day before it was expected to begin. In the months since, the school faced continuing fights over free speech, hate speech, politics and political correctness, and the surrounding community had bloody clashes between extremists on the far left and the far right. “They made the decision on the side of safety and having their free speech rights stifled,” she said. The university cannot stop conservatives from speaking on campus, Yiannopoulos said Saturday, no matter what they try. Mogulof said the events that had been proposed, if not backed by a student group would need to comply with guidelines for outdoor campus events.

Source: Washington Post September 23, 2017 18:40 UTC