The state of censorship, 2011 | The Old Perfessor - 1 views
Do You Recall Any Creative Hypotheticals From Law School? Did They Cross the Line? - Ne... - 0 views
Rob Kall: Former CIA Agent Ray McGovern Discusses Arrest at Secretary Clinton's Interne... - 0 views
Standing room only for GSC artwork panel | AccessNorthGa - 0 views
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Of course, in discussing how "offensive" the work may be to the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the point that the First Amendment protects precisely speech that some people find offensive was somehow missed. And the attorney claiming that the panel was biased against censorship - well, isn't the whole country supposed to be biased against censorship? As in: free speech is part of he constitution! Yes, there are restrictions - but he should know better, these restrictions do not apply to the ideas expressed in a work of art in a gallery - a college gallery to boot.
Feature on NCAC board member and young adult fiction hero Judy Blume! - 0 views
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Blume's character explores things that might have been off-limits. She doubts, she gets angry at God. This displeased some fundamentalist Christian groups, as well as parents who were not happy Blume was exposing children to sensitive issues. In the early 1980s these groups tried to censor her books and in some states they were indeed removed from libraries. And even though things have changed considerably there, she says, every year some of her books appear on a list of "challenged books" - works that some people want to have censored.
NCAC quoted in Miller-McCune article on new book banning tactics - 0 views
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Book Banners Finding Power in Numbers
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Groups of parents are getting together and organizing in their communities to ban books," adds Joan Bertin of the National Coalition Against Censorship. "I think what's happening is once a book is challenged in one town, people on the same wavelength, it will flag that book for them. For example, we've seen three challenges to Sherman Alexie's teen novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, all within the past three months, two in Missouri, one in Montana."
Today, Spain voted for net censorship - Falkvinge on Infopolicy - 0 views
Kansas Gov. Abolishes Arts Commission; SC, TX Next on Chopping Block? « Clyde... - 0 views
Gainesville State prez yanks painting depecting Confederate flag from faculty art show - 0 views
The Official Student Insurgent Blog: Eugene IWW Plans 'Free Speech Week' - 0 views
The 50 most controversial movies ever - Film - Time Out Boston - 0 views
US senator: Domain seizures may violate 1st amendment rights | MyCE - My Consumer Elect... - 0 views
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Over six months after the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began their "Operation in our Sites" initiative, in which they've seized nearly 100 allegedly copyright infringing web domains without warning or due process, one senator has finally taken notice and begun to question whether the process violates First Amendment free speech rights.
Cairo protests make Chinese censors nervous - Hindustan Times - 0 views
Rihanna's 'S&M' Video Banned -- The Cut - 0 views
Twitter Speaks Up for Free Speech: "The Tweets Must Flow" - 0 views
Critics Wary of New Smithsonian Review Policy - News - 0 views
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