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Free-speech groups defend publication of Milo Yiannoploulos memoir

Written By Unknown on Friday, January 6, 2017 | 6:41 AM

In the face of pressure for Simon & Schuster to drop the far-right star’s book Dangerous in the US, campaigners say that stifling him will have ‘a chilling effect’

A boycott of far-right controversialist Milo Yiannoploulos’s publisher Simon & Schuster will have “a chilling effect” on authors and publishers and will not prevent the spread of “noxious ideas”, according to free-speech campaigners.

Led by the National Coalition Against Censorship, eight groups have issued a statement criticising the backlash over his £250,000 book deal as the latest attempt to stifle books likely to cause offence.

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