House Committee on Un-American Activities
The Life and Death of a Hollywood Blacklist
Sometimes censorship is a public-private partnership.
House Committee on Un-American Activities
Sometimes censorship is a public-private partnership.
Censorship is "nefarious." Unless it's being carried out by the government.
"Haven't presidents been killed in the United States? Have you forgotten about-well, has Kennedy been killed in Russia or in the United States? Or Mr. King?"
Lawmakers resist plan that would likely lead to widespread censorship of online media sharing.
The company's hands-off, user-centered approach is a model other content platforms would do well to emulate.
Our video is awesome. But nothing in the First Amendment says YouTube has to run it.
Friday A/V Club: The boxer who just got a posthumous presidential pardon was a central figure in one of the first battles over movie censorship.
When government has the power to censor, ultimately it will look for excuses to suppress opposition.
Stamford, Connecticut, police chief objects to salty language on a sign. That's not a crime.
Too many people (and governments) want to shut down and punish speech they disagree with.
Man goes to jail for complaining about police response times.
Court feels "menaced" by a pug.
Why all Americans should be thankful for the First Amendment
From One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest to Black Peter, the Czech-born Oscar-winner championed eccentric individuals and artists over small-minded bureaucrats and a stifling state.
Prodding private companies into self-censorship is a dangerous government tradition.
Everett, Washington, continues to wage war against scantily clad "bikini baristas."
"They are being watched, and that's a problem."
The great content crackdown has begun.
The vigorous debate over censorship shows how much Iran has changed in recent years.
Rep. Michelle DuBois wants to remove a statehouse sign that reads "General Hooker Entrance" because it is an affront to "women's dignity."
ACLU steps in to fight zoning regulations that appear to let officials veto art based on content.
A web developer's First Amendment lawsuit says Sibley, Iowa, officials conspired to silence him.
A lawsuit leads to a suggestion that the president engage in a kinder, gentler ignoring.
Device makers would be required to block porn, prostitution hubs, and all content that fails "current standards of decency."
No, Call of Duty is not making kids shoot up schools.
How can a company be expected to arbitrate "fake news" when it can't even tell ancient artifacts from porn?
Any excuse to try to censor the internet
When government officials suppress critics, they do so only to help themselves.
Critics of free speech use the same old arguments on new technologies.
Both Democrats and Republicans are missing the mark when they call for the government to control the flow of information on the internet.
Texas alone bans 10,000 books, including The Color Purple and Where's Waldo?
Politicians cast attacks on them as attacks on democracy. How self-serving.