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Media Freedom Crushed in the Lead-Up to the Games ...
Human Rights Watch yesterday published a 71-page report on media censorship in China in the lead-up to the Olympic Games in August. It details the widespread harassment of foreign media inside Chin...
Human Rights Watch yesterday published a 71-page report on media censorship in China in the lead-up to the Olympic Games in August. It details the widespread harassment of foreign media inside Chin...
Demo mocks ban on annoying Pope fans ...
Wearing T-shirts that read "Pope Go Homo" and "The pope is wrong, put a condom on!," a dozen demonstrators poked fun Wednesday at a new Australian law meant to protect participants of next week's World Youth Day from being annoyed by opponents.
Wearing T-shirts that read "Pope Go Homo" and "The pope is wrong, put a condom on!," a dozen demonstrators poked fun Wednesday at a new Australian law meant to protect participants of next week's World Youth Day from being annoyed by opponents.
Man jailed four years in 'unprecedented' child porn case ...
An FBI tipoff led New Zealand censorship inspectors to the home of a South Canterbury man who had collected 250,000 images of child sex abuse, including some of his own doing.
An FBI tipoff led New Zealand censorship inspectors to the home of a South Canterbury man who had collected 250,000 images of child sex abuse, including some of his own doing.
Ex-EPA aide tells of White House censorship ...
Democrats have long alleged that Vice President Dick Cheney played a key backstage role in thwarting U.S. efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but they have had little evidence. Until now. Jason Burnett, a senior official with the Environmental...
Democrats have long alleged that Vice President Dick Cheney played a key backstage role in thwarting U.S. efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but they have had little evidence. Until now. Jason Burnett, a senior official with the Environmental...
Internet service providers' actions on content raise questions about censorship...
Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative...
Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative...
Naked child cover not protest - editor ...
THE editor of an art magazine that published a photograph of a naked six-year-old girl on its front cover says it was not a protest against the censorship of artist Bill Henson.
THE editor of an art magazine that published a photograph of a naked six-year-old girl on its front cover says it was not a protest against the censorship of artist Bill Henson.
Poof! You?re Unpublished. ...
A flurry of intense and angry comments erupted on BoingBoing.net when it was discovered that the Web site had unpublished all references to the blogger Violet Blue.
A flurry of intense and angry comments erupted on BoingBoing.net when it was discovered that the Web site had unpublished all references to the blogger Violet Blue.
Censorship protest ...
THE Chinese government?s internet censorship policy is the subject of a protest campaign by the international human rights group Amnesty International.
THE Chinese government?s internet censorship policy is the subject of a protest campaign by the international human rights group Amnesty International.
Iran considering banning filthy bloggers from meatspace ...
The Iranian parliament is considering a bill that would make running a blog or web site that discusses forbidden topics a crime punishable by death. And you thought China's stance on Internet censorship was harsh. Read More...
The Iranian parliament is considering a bill that would make running a blog or web site that discusses forbidden topics a crime punishable by death. And you thought China's stance on Internet censorship was harsh. Read More...
Letter Box ...
I agree with Howard Fairman's letter published in the July 3 issue ("Reviving 'The Lift' cancellation controversy") about the evils of secret censorship. I wish "The Lift" had not been cancelled. I wish I knew more about why it was cancelled.
I agree with Howard Fairman's letter published in the July 3 issue ("Reviving 'The Lift' cancellation controversy") about the evils of secret censorship. I wish "The Lift" had not been cancelled. I wish I knew more about why it was cancelled.
Rights like free speech don't always extend online ...
Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative.
Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative.
Anti-abortion group decries censorship ...
FRONT ROYAL ? A local anti-abortion group is crying foul over a video that was pulled from the popular Web site YouTube.
FRONT ROYAL ? A local anti-abortion group is crying foul over a video that was pulled from the popular Web site YouTube.
Legal Sea Foods lampoons T policy in new campaign ...
After two of its ads were banned from subways and train stations operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the Boston restaurant group Legal Sea Foods plans to launch replacement ads that draw attention to its recent censorship.
After two of its ads were banned from subways and train stations operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the Boston restaurant group Legal Sea Foods plans to launch replacement ads that draw attention to its recent censorship.
`Public' online spaces don't carry speech, rights ...
Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative.
Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative.
Nude photo of child angers Rudd ...
SYDNEY, July 6 (UPI) -- Using a photograph of a nude girl on a magazine cover as a way to protest artistic censorship was inappropriate, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.
SYDNEY, July 6 (UPI) -- Using a photograph of a nude girl on a magazine cover as a way to protest artistic censorship was inappropriate, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.
Nude photo of child angers Rudd ...
Using a photograph of a nude girl on a magazine cover as a way to protest artistic censorship was inappropriate, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.Rudd said the decision by Art Monthly Editor Maurice O'Riordan to place a nude 6-year-old girl on his magazine's cover was not a step in the right direction in the censorship debate, The (Sydney) Sunday Telegraph reported.I have very deep, ...
Using a photograph of a nude girl on a magazine cover as a way to protest artistic censorship was inappropriate, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.Rudd said the decision by Art Monthly Editor Maurice O'Riordan to place a nude 6-year-old girl on his magazine's cover was not a step in the right direction in the censorship debate, The (Sydney) Sunday Telegraph reported.I have very deep, ...
Suicide film could incur fine of $10,000 ...
A euthanasia film banned in Australia and shown in Dunedin yesterday could run foul of New Zealand's censorship laws and incur a fine of up to $10,000.
A euthanasia film banned in Australia and shown in Dunedin yesterday could run foul of New Zealand's censorship laws and incur a fine of up to $10,000.
Blogger wins right to free speech ...
A blogger who faced charges of intimidation in cyberspace has won a legal judgment that anti-censorship campaigners claimed this weekend will protect freedom of expression across the worldwide web. Alan Murray's blog highlighting violence, vandalism and creeping sectarian division in a part of Belfast's university district landed him in court on Friday. The 40-year-old was charged with ...
A blogger who faced charges of intimidation in cyberspace has won a legal judgment that anti-censorship campaigners claimed this weekend will protect freedom of expression across the worldwide web. Alan Murray's blog highlighting violence, vandalism and creeping sectarian division in a part of Belfast's university district landed him in court on Friday. The 40-year-old was charged with ...
Belfast blogger fights off censorship bid ...
A blogger who faced charges of intimidation in cyberspace has won a landmark judgment that anti-censorship campaigners say will protect freedom of expression across the web. Alan Murray's blog highlighting violence, vandalism and creeping sectarian division in a part of Belfast's university district landed him in the city's magistrates court on Friday. The 40-year-old was charged with three ...
A blogger who faced charges of intimidation in cyberspace has won a landmark judgment that anti-censorship campaigners say will protect freedom of expression across the web. Alan Murray's blog highlighting violence, vandalism and creeping sectarian division in a part of Belfast's university district landed him in the city's magistrates court on Friday. The 40-year-old was charged with three ...
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