Censorship

Policy

How France Legitimizes Violent Responses to Offensive Speech

Jacob Sullum | 1.8.2015 12:08 PM

Censorship

Closing the Thigh Gap

Charles Oliver | 1.7.2015 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Moses Can't Go Home Again; Exodus: Gods And Kings Banned in Egypt

Charles Paul Freund | 1.6.2015 10:45 AM

Politics

Watch The Interview and Stand Up for Freedom

Americans don't like being told what they cannot say or hear.

A. Barton Hinkle | 12.31.2014 10:30 AM

Obscenity

Without a Paddle

Charles Oliver | 12.31.2014 6:00 AM

Censorship

If You Can't Say Anything Nice

Charles Oliver | 12.29.2014 6:00 AM

Nanny State

'Sit on Santa's Face,' and Other Scenes from the U.K. #PornProtest

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.12.2014 9:50 AM

Civil Liberties

Porn Protest: Mass Face-Sitting to Go Down Outside U.K. Parliament Over New Censorship of Web Porn Content

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.10.2014 10:18 AM

Culture

U.K. Censors Online Porn; Spanking, Rough Sex, Other Assorted Kink Banned

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.2.2014 1:00 PM

Politics

Rating Video Games for Sexism? Ugliest Swedish Export Since Tor Johnson

Nick Gillespie | 11.20.2014 9:04 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Goodbye, USA Freedom and Keystone Pipeline! Hello, Executive Action, Weird Chinese Censorship, and Ferguson Build-up! Also, Anthony Fisher on Jerusalem Terror, and After-show

Matt Welch | 11.18.2014 8:13 PM

Politics

Why Not Books?: "Sweden Mulls 'Sexist' Video Game Labels"

Nick Gillespie | 11.18.2014 9:36 AM

Censorship

College Wisely Acknowledges Game of Thrones Shirt Is Not a Violent Threat

Scott Shackford | 10.29.2014 4:40 PM

Hong Kong

Actor Chow Yun-fat Responds to Ban by China for Supporting Hong Kong Protests: "I'll Just Make Less Money"

Ed Krayewski | 10.28.2014 8:10 AM

Saudi Arabia

Three Saudi Lawyers Sent to Prison over Tweets

Our allies in the Middle East

Reason Staff | 10.27.2014 2:25 PM

Politics

Why Sermons, Tweets, and Campus Speech Are Targets of Liberal Censorship Attempts

Censorship isn't just for conservatives anymore. The First Amendment is under fire from all directions.

A. Barton Hinkle | 10.27.2014 12:00 PM

Censorship

Pennsylvania So Mad at Mumia Abu-Jamal It Just Outlawed Offenders' Free Speech

Scott Shackford | 10.24.2014 11:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Does Being 'Banned' Help Book Sales?

A literary Streisand Effect

Jesse Walker | 10.21.2014 5:17 PM

New Hampshire

Watch: Keene Pumpkin Fest Lady Accuses Journalist of Being 'Free-Stater,' Tries to Censor Him

Scott Shackford | 10.21.2014 10:30 AM

Politics

Internet Overseer ICANN Breaks Up With U.S. Government

Zenon Evans | 10.15.2014 3:50 PM

Civil Liberties

I think I accidentally started an urban legend. My bad.

The book ban that never was

Jesse Walker | 10.8.2014 11:18 AM

Politics

How Liberals Became the New Book Banners

The First Amendment is under fire from the progressive left.

A. Barton Hinkle | 10.1.2014 10:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Censorship in Ohio

Political speech has its day in court

Damon Root | 10.1.2014 7:00 AM

Hong Kong

Chinese Government Working Overtime to Censor News, Views of Hong Kong Demonstrations

Ed Krayewski | 9.29.2014 1:50 PM

Civil Liberties

Banned Books: Guess Which Book Topped the List Again

Zenon Evans | 9.24.2014 11:55 AM

Policy

Going After 'Revenge Porn' With a Sledgehammer, Arizona Smashes the First Amendment

Jacob Sullum | 9.23.2014 4:33 PM

Censorship

High School Newspaper Editor, Adviser Suspended for Refusing to Print a Particular Word

Scott Shackford | 9.19.2014 11:00 AM

Politics

Senate Democrats Fail to Amend the First Amendment

Jacob Sullum | 9.11.2014 7:24 PM

Politics

Al Franken Misrepresents the Censorship Power Democrats Are Demanding

Jacob Sullum | 9.9.2014 7:26 PM

Policy

Senate Votes to Consider Speech-Restricting Constitutional Amendment

Jacob Sullum | 9.8.2014 8:01 PM

Culture

Facebook Messenger Censors (Some of) Your Favorite Porn Sites

Guess which ones made the list and which ones didn't.

Zenon Evans | 9.4.2014 1:25 PM

Policy

High Times Challenges Colorado's Restrictions on Pot-Related Speech

Why wouldn't a marijuana business advertise in the flagship magazine of the cannabis counterculture?

Jacob Sullum | 9.1.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

Legalize It, but Don't Advertise It: High Times Fights Colorado's Restrictions on Marijuana-Related Speech

Jacob Sullum | 8.29.2014 10:15 AM

Culture

Gavin McInnes Makes a Great Argument Against Censorship

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.21.2014 6:45 PM

Politics

D.C. Democrat Accused of Censoring Scandals on His Own Wikipedia Page

Zenon Evans | 8.18.2014 12:09 PM

Surveillance

What Liberty in America Looked Like During World War 1

Horrible. It looked horrible.

Sheldon Richman | 8.17.2014 8:30 AM

Policy

Googly-Eyed Santas, Rude Frogs, and Other Adventures in Beer Label Censorship

Jacob Sullum | 8.13.2014 11:48 AM

Hate Speech

Australia Drops Opportunity to Scale Back Hate Speech Laws

Scott Shackford | 8.7.2014 11:20 AM

Policy

Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales on Censorship of Internet Search Results: 'History Is a Human Right'

Jacob Sullum | 8.6.2014 4:03 PM

Privacy

Wikipedia Fighting "Right to Be Forgotten"

Made up right!

Reason Staff | 8.6.2014 12:11 PM

Politics

What Congress Edited on Wikipedia Today: Snowden, Manning, Cato, More

Zenon Evans | 8.5.2014 6:05 PM

Censorship

Forget a Wikipedia Page? Good Luck with That, Europe.

Scott Shackford | 8.4.2014 2:15 PM

Civil Liberties

Wikileaks Aussie Gag Order Revelation Shows a Free Press Is Still an American Thing

Our government officials may be control-freaks, but they can only dream of the powers deployed by their counterparts in many other established "free countries."

J.D. Tuccille | 7.30.2014 9:48 AM

Politics

Wikileaks: Australia Censorship Order Blocked Reporting on Multinational Corruption Scandal

Also involving Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam

Ed Krayewski | 7.29.2014 7:40 PM

Culture

In Japan You Can 3D Print a 'Pussy Boat' But Not Share the Blueprint With Others

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.17.2014 1:30 PM

Policy

Government Control-Freakery 'a form of censorship' Say Journalists

J.D. Tuccille | 7.14.2014 11:43 AM

Censorship

1984

Charles Oliver | 7.4.2014 6:00 AM