Ayishat Akanbi, Rob Rinder and Toby Young: Freedom of Speech and Censorship

Ayishat Akanbi is a writer, cultural commentator, fashion stylist and photographer based in London. Her writing has been published in Stylist, Huck and Dazed, she has appeared on CNN and BBC news, and she has spoken about social justice, arts and culture at the Sydney Opera House, the Tate Museum, The Design Museum and Google. She’s worked with a range of celebrity clients including artists Koffee, Rod Stewart, Emile Sande, Amir Khan, Labrinth, Wretch 32, Little Simz, Ed Sheeran, Craig David and many more.
Robert Michael Rinder MBE better known as Judge Rinder, is a British criminal barrister and television personality. In 2014, while still a practising barrister, he began hosting the reality courtroom series Judge Rinder. In 2019, he also began hosting the Channel 4 series The Rob Rinder Verdict.
Toby Young is a British journalist and former Director of the New Schools Network, a free schools charity. In addition to being the founder and General Secretary of the Free Speech Union, he is an associate editor of the Spectator and the editor of the Daily Sceptic.
This video was filmed live at the Alpine Fellowship 2022 Symposium in partnership with Bard College through the Open Society University Network and supported in part by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.