A student society has been censored for talking about censorship – Spiked

To the list of what can get you censored on a university campus we can now add talking about censorship.

The University of Lincoln Students Union has suspended its student conservative societys social-media accounts until 1 May over allegations of bring[ing] the University of Lincoln Students Union and the University of Lincoln into disrepute.

According to a statement from the society, this was due to an anonymous complaint over two tweets. The first, in relation to freedom of speech, linking an article from spiked, and the second was in relation to an SU questionnaire that had to be completed before voting in recent SU elections.

After reading spikeds Free Speech University Rankings (FSUR), the society decided to publicise the fact that Lincoln Students Union had received a Red ranking. Screenshots of the offending tweet, seen by spiked, show a picture of Lincolns ranking page, alongside emojis with their mouths zipped shut.

Another student conservative society, the Hull University Conservative Association, flagged up the alleged censorship of the Lincoln society on its Facebook page. At time of publishing, Lincolns SU has not issued a statement, or responded to spikeds requests for comment.

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A student society has been censored for talking about censorship - Spiked