free speech

National Firewalls a Step on Slippery Slope to Censorship

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:20:28 -0700

Big Tech Companies Back Global Plan to Shield Online Speech

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:26:04 -0700

Keeping the Internet Free For a New Generation of Speakers

Stevie Converse — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:04:06 -0700

California Law Protects Student Journalism Teachers

Stevie Converse — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:16:44 -0700

Delivery of 50,000 Letters Demanding St. Paul Drop Charges Against Journalists

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:10:29 -0700

St. Paul Mayor and Media Mum on Journalism Crackdown

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:46:33 -0700

ACLU Calls for Investigation into Raids and Mass Arrests at RNC

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:28:53 -0700

At the Uneasy Intersection of Bloggers and the Law

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:10:33 -0700

A Discomfiting Threat to Free Speech

Stevie Converse — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:45:57 -0700

The Supreme Court upheld a law on Monday that sweeps too broadly in its attempt to ban child pornography, which is repellent and illegal. Those who traffic in it must be punished, but this law is drawn in a way that also criminalizes speech that should be protected by the First Amendment.

Moyers Takes on Censorship

Stevie Converse — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:45:36 -0700

Bill Moyers raises the alarm over what he sees as inroads into free speech and ethics in government.

Chinese Lawyers Sue CNN over 'Goons' Comment

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:41:55 -0700

A group of Chinese lawyers have sued CNN, saying remarks by commentator Jack Cafferty in which he called Chinese "goons" violated the dignity and reputation of the Chinese people, a Hong Kong newspaper said.

In China, a Battle over Web Censorship

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:08:18 -0700

If an Internet user in China searches for the word "persecution," he or she is likely to come up with a link to a blank screen that says "page cannot be displayed."

Beijing Gags Anti-Western Online Anger

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:37:20 -0700

As Chinese nationalism flares across cyberspace, the government is growing concerned that passions could spill over into the real world, and that anger directed against foreigners could turn inward. Critics contend that Beijing has had a role in fanning the xenophobic sentiment to counter international condemnation of its crackdown on Tibetan rioters, but now Chinese officials appear to be trying to reduce the vitriol.

Chavez Overriding Venezuelan Referendum by Anti-Free Speech Decrees

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:14:54 -0700

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's government is trying to impose by decree measures against freedoms of press and expression that voters rejected in a referendum last December, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) declared as it ended its mid-year meeting in Caracas.

Cuba Blocks Access to Top Cuban Blog

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:28:11 -0700

The Cuban authorities have blocked access from Cuba to the country's most-read blogger, Yoani Sanchez, she said on Monday.