While many are protesting Twitter's new censorship attempt, they are not seeing that it will actually help preserve freedom of speech in the US rather than censor it. The only countries that would be held to the certain censorships are ones that request it per religious, historical, or cultural reasons. So, freedom of speech on Twitter will be opened up in the US rather than restricted by the international growth.
The article in the New York Times is about the censorship and the power the government has over what the people can type and say over any device. People can't even search the english word freedom in China on google. Since the events in Northern Africa and the Middle East it has tightened its filters and bans even more.
This is an article from the Huffington Post about Internet censorship. It is specifically talking about SOPA, and the "SOPA blackouts" earlier this year. SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act.
This is blatantly against the first amendment by not letting the people of the internet have freedom of speech. The government is trying to control us in a way treat our forefathers did not envision for this country. This article discusses why it needs to be terminated.
This article breaks down why drugs should not be legalized. One of the main issues being that they are illegal and harmful and that's why they are illegal already. The government is looking out for you and some people should learn when to say "no". This gives 10 nicely detailed facts on why it should not be legalized and it is very informative.
Everyday books are being banned from school because a particular parent did not like a topic in the book or a certain word. In this case the article discusses an 11th grade class reading the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and a mother called up demanding they stop reading it because she did not want her son reading the "N" word. At what point where do we draw the line at censorship in school and just let the kids learn?
About.com Guide - COPA Act, Internet censorship. This site outlines the Child Online Protection Act details and talks about similar bills that have been passed or attempted to pass through congress.
This site tries to defend are internet rights in relation to other personal rights like freedom of speech, press, and religion. This is also trying to stop the censorship issue against the internet.
Explains sopa to people. Companies can censor website or videos for potentially having copyright infringement. and if the company is wrong , its no big deal because the website is down and the company is untouched.
Major websites protesting the bills on sopa and pipa. Hoping people will take action to stop the internet to be censored. They fear that this would be the stepping stone for more to come.