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  "path": "/2026/04/29/industrial-language-ban-in-public-spaces-has-a-chilling-effect-on-free-speech-say-experts/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T10:27:57.000Z",
  "site": "https://crocels.news",
  "tags": [
    "Crime",
    "England",
    "Politics & Society",
    "Public & Third Sectors",
    "Today",
    "Wales",
    "Jonathan Bishop",
    "Public Spaces Protection Orders"
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  "textContent": "Across England and Wales, a quiet but consequential shift is underway in the regulation of everyday behaviour. What began as a targeted response to serious antisocial conduct has expanded into a diffuse system of control over ordinary public life—one that, according to campaigners and legal observers, now risks undermining the basic conditions of free expression. […]",
  "title": "Industrial Language Ban in Public Spaces Has a “Chilling Effect on Free Speech,” Say Experts"
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