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FREE SPEECH NEWS
Is free speech still alive in America? What about the rest of the world?
Do we still have free speech if we can be prosecuted for "hate crimes" simply for voicing an opinion?
"I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
- Voltaire
German Who Taught Dog Nazi Salute Sentenced
A German man who taught his dog the stiff-armed Nazi salute has been handed a 13-month suspended sentence for shouting "sieg Heil" in public and wearing a T-shirt with a picture of Adolf Hitler on it.
[ - Sure, he's a dumbass jerk, but he has a right to his own opinion and self-expression. Besides that, making an idea illegal only makes it stronger in the minds of fools and true believers.]
Censored at the Super Bowl
You won't see MoveOn.org's ad during the big game. But you will see it everywhere else.
Comcast Censors Medical Marijuana Group
Cable giant refuses to put reasons for denial in writing, then turns around and offers $50,000,000 in free airtime to Partnership for a Drug Free America.
White House Bans Media Coverage of Killed US Soldiers
In March, on the eve of the Iraq war, a directive arrived from the Pentagon at U.S. military bases. "There will be no arrival ceremonies for, or media coverage of, deceased military personnel returning to or departing from Ramstein [Germany] airbase or Dover [Del.] base. to include interim stops," the Defense Department said, referring to the major ports for the returning remains.
CNN Reporter: 'CNN Intimidated by Bush Administration' Regarding War Coverage CNN's top war correspondent, Christiane Amanpour, says that the press muzzled itself during the Iraq war. And, she says CNN "was intimidated" by the Bush administration and Fox Nes, which "put a climate of fear and self-censorship."
Should Net Surfers be Licensed? Manditory online education, tests considered.
John Edwards' Campaign Staff Try to Silence Activists Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana have their signs blocked by staffers. More...
CA Republican Chastised for Email Comments Fresno council member wrote of using "dirty bomb" to kill liberals, and that police officers should "cap" members of the city's Human Relations Commission. [- I think that what he said was wrong, but he should not have to apologize for his opinions. He should, however, be voted out of office. But I defend his right to express his opinion, no matter how stupid or evil it may be.]
Man Wins Fight Against Citation Dismissal of soliciting charges victory for freedom of speech, ex-homeless person says.
The Judge Banned a Book He Never Read U.S. District Senior Judge Lloyd George ordered Irwin Schiff to stop giving lectures, and to stop selling his latest book: "The Federal Mafia: How the Government Illegally Imposes and Unlawfully Collects Income Taxes."
Ominous Shadow Over the First Amendment More on the ban of Irwin Schiff's book.
Jailed for Speaking Her Mind In Michigan, insults can get you time in jail.
Fighting for the Right to Communicate The California Supreme Court has decided that email is not subject to trespassing laws.
Web Site Causes Unease in Police Washington State officials are uncertain how to address the actions of William Sheehan, who posts lists of police officers' personal information on his Web site, www.copwatch.org.
Back to the Plantation Student is punished by California Polytechnic State University because others objected to his posting of fliers advertising a speech by Mason Weaver, author of "It's OK to Leave the Plantation." [- Why is it that those who preach tolerance have none?]
U.S. Curtails Iraq's Newfound Media Freedoms The print press is booming in Iraq as newspapers rose from five government-run papers during Saddam Hussein's regime to around 150 now. But U.S.-led forces are dampening the mood of the free press by censoring it.
Iran Is Trying to Curb Porn and Politics on Web The crackdown has prompted a cat-and-mouse game between the conservative hierarchy and Iran's younger generation.
Internet Filters and Free Speech The Supreme Court dealt a blow to free expression and put librarians in a serious bind this week by upholding a law requiring libraries to use filters on all computers with Internet access.
Our Government Controlled Press - CIA Origins
FCC Secretly Allowing Monopolizing of the Media "Most people in this country have no idea what's about to happen to them even though their very democracy is at stake." - Jonathan Adelstein
New Online Genre Supplies Lessons on the War in Iraq A new hybrid online genre - part daily journalism, part education - has taken shape during the war.
Vanishing Liberties -- Where's the Press? The media, with few exceptions, are failing to report consistently, and in depth, precisely how Bush and Ashcroft are undermining our fundemental individual liberties.
Akamai Cancels a Contract for Arabic Network's Site Akamai Technologies abruptly canceled a contract to provide Web hosting for the English-language Web site of the Arabic news network Al Jazeera.
Suit Challenges Right to Report Political Slurs May the news media report, without endorsement on the one hand or skepticism on the other, wild charges made by on politician against another?
War Puts Radio Giant on the Defensive Critics of Clear Channel Communications accuse the radio broadcaster of drumming up support for the war while muzzling musicians who oppose it.
PayNoIncomeTax.com Targeted by IRS, Federal Court Order
Justice Served in Egypt After 14 months of imprisonment, Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Egypt's most prominent democracy and human rights advocate, has been given his freedom.
Cheney Attacks Website The site, whitehouse.org, which parodies the Bush administration site, posted a mock biography of Mrs. Cheney claiming she had written a racy novel about lesbian love affairs.
Marchers Protest Arrest of Man for Wearing Peace T-shirt at Crossgates Mall Shopper charged after refusing to take off shirt that mall store made for him, bearing slogans "Peace on Earth" and "Give Peace a Chance."
Online Library Wants It All, Every Book The directors of the new Alexandria Library have begun an ambitious effort to make virtually all of the world's books available at a mouse click.
Tonight on NOW with Bill Moyers: US Media Monopolies, Coming to a Town Near You? "...the Federal Communications Commission is considering yet another - move toward further consolidation. What's going on?" Or Click Here...
Lawsuit by Vote-Swap Web Sites Allowed A federal appeals court has reinstated the free-speech lawsuit by operators of Web sites that tried to facilitate vote-swapping in the 2000 presidential election.
Zimbabwe Arrests Five on Suspicion of Undercover Journalism "Journalists working without permission in Zimbabwe risk up to two years in jail."
Courts Split on Internet Bans "If a person goes to prison for using a computer and the Internet to commit a crime, can he be barred from using the Internet after the sentence is served?"
Dow V. Thing A Free-Speech Infringement That's Worse Than Censorship - The end of parody?
On Media Giantism "Back in 1996, the two largest radio chains owned 115 stations; today those two own more than 1,400. A handful of leading owners used to generate only a fifth of industry revenue; now these top five rake in 55 percetn of all money spent on local radio. The number of station owners had plummeted by a third."
Protecting Mickey Mouse at Art's Expense "...the extension unnecessarily stifles freedom of expression by preventing the artistic and educational use of even of content that no longer has any commercial value. AS one dissenter, Justice Steven G. Breyer, estimated, only 2 percent of the work copyrighted between 1923 and 1942 continues to be commercially exploited (for example, the early Mickey Mouse movies, whose imminent entry into the public domain prompted Congress to act in the first place.)"
Court Rules Against Network Associates' Software Review Policy "...may not require people who buy the software to get permission from the company before publishing reviews of it's products."
In Their Side of World War II, the Germans Also Suffered "Only in the past three years or so have German writers and historians begun to tackle a topic previously taboo: the suffering of the German civilian population in the last years of World War II."
The CIA's Copy Desk and 'The NY Times' "The CIA is editing half of The Main Enemy, a book on the supersecret agency's 1980s war with the former Soviet Union's KGB co-authored by James Risen, a Times reporter who 'watchdogs' the spies."
The King Has No Clothes: But Saying So Might Land You in Prison
Chinese Writer on Trial for Subversion
Berkeley Refuses to Allow Emma Goldman Papers Project Fundraiser
British Foe of Bush Takes Poetic License
Journalists are Under Fire for Telling the Truth
Is Post 9/11 Self-Censorship in the American Press Coming to an End?
Teenager Cleared of Breaking Law with DVD Program
Free-Speech Dispute Shakes Up S.L.C.
Student Journalists' Suit Faces Court Test
U.S. Denounces Syria's Arrest of Reporter
'Chose Life' License Plates Ruled 'Unconstitutional'
F.C.C. Lets Convicted Hacker Go Back on Net
Iranian Pollster on Trial on U.S. Survey Charges
Sanders Works to Repeal Provisions of Patriot Act
Man Puts Obscenity on Traffic Fine Check and is Charged with Contempt of Court
Ala. Paper to Form Journalism Institute
Religious-Themed Candy Dispute Resolved in Nevada
Va. Court Throws Out Internet Libel Suit
Norwegian Teen Defends DVD Hack Program
Internet Filters Block Health Information Study Finds
Klan Seeks to Carry on Burning
Alabama Grandmas on Trial for Informing Public About Frankenfoods
Judge Rules Against School's Web Rules
Censors at the Border? In America?
Chinese Go Wild for Animal Farm Play
University of Tennessess Won't Punish Students Who Appeared in Blackface
Say Cheese, for Airport Insecurity and for Art
Mainstream Journalism: Shredding the First Amendment
Canadian Supreme Court Rules Inmates Have a Right to Vote
Ark. Students Sue for Right to Vote
Study Tallies Sites Blocked by Google
Colleges Draw Line with Sidewalk Chalking Policies
Google Excludes Controversial Sites
Band Can't Sell Own Music on EBay
The High Cost of Free Speech - Free Speech vs. Commercial Speech
Renewed Push for Recording Labels
Even Bible is Censored These Days
High Court Passes Up Rebel Flag Case
Forrester on Defensive for Old Newspaper Columns
Police in Scotland Demand Begging-Free Zones in Cities
Brazilian Reporter Shot, Strapped to Tree
Bill Would Circumvent Foriegn Censors
Police Ask for Lifting of Political Surveilance Restrictions
Group Seeks Voting Rights for Felons
Underage and Selling Their Sexuality on the Web
No-Fly Blacklist Snares Political Activists
CNN Tells Reporters: No Propaganda Except American
Student, Principal Spar Over Anarchy Club, Clothing
Alternative Media Censorship: Sponsored by CIA's Ford Foundation?
Free Speech related links
The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression
Data Filter : Mind Control Technology, Techniques, and Politics
Chilling Effects Clearinghouse
Project FREEDOM: Official Web Site of US Rep. Ron Paul
Bill of Rights Defense Committee
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