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# Government introduces free speech rules for universities
- URL: https://goodoil.news/government-introduces-free-speech-rules-for-universities/
- Published: 2024-12-19T20:14:59.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-21T01:02:07.000Z
- Description: Tertiary institutions will be barred from taking stances on non-core issues.
- Author: Centrist
- Tags: News

Summarised by [Centrist](http://centrist.nz/?ref=goodoil.news)

**The coalition government is implementing new free speech rules for universities to counter what it describes as a “risk-averse approach” to freedom of expression.** Associate Education Minister David Seymour criticised deplatforming trends, saying universities must uphold academic freedom as required by law. Tertiary institutions will draft freedom of speech statements and be barred from taking stances on non-core issues. Changes take effect next year.

[**Read more over at Stuff**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360529265/new-free-speech-rules-being-introduced-universities?utm%5Fsource=Klaviyo&utm%5Fmedium=email&%5Fkx=)

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