Turkey Orders TV Station to Pay Fine For Simpsons Blasphemy
Episode showed God taking orders from the devil
Episode showed God taking orders from the devil
Could inhibit growth and flow of important information
How the American Civil Liberties Union changed the way Americans think about sexual freedom.
Internet providers would be required to comply
Hamas-controlled TV station called "terrorist operation"
Fears of governmental censorship of online speech
A federal judge has ruled Anthony Shaffer has standing to sue on first amendment grounds over the censorship of his book
"Operation Dark Heart" detailed events in the early days of the Afghanistan War
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That's a lot of censorship
Martians can be just vile in their everyday speech
Can't have the masses discussing stuff
Beware non-democratic nations bearing treaties
Claims to protect against pedophiles, but of course can be used to block political opponents
Some folks just don't want to wait for print to die off
That should get Putin's attention
Unfortunately, fighting censors is a growth industry
U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer, who earlier this month issued a preliminary injunction ordering the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to start running the American Freedom Defense Initiative's controversial anti-jihad ads, recently released an opinion in which she explains her reasoning.
British authorities target bloggers, tweeters, and t-shirt wearers for speech crimes.
The punk feminists protest the abuses of Russia's authoritarian state.
We're violating their right to ban stuff
British authorities don't get the whole free speech thing
Court suspended the law for 120 days while it hears arguments
Academics would need a government permit to communicate
It's all a reaction to the recent fuss, with no opportunism, of course
Amazing that we even have to run that headline
They're apparently supposed to be secret
Politicians on the continent have ever been comfortable with letting people have their say
And intolerant meatheads of all stripes still target the things
But Websites would have some protection from lawsuits if they complied
Call it, "don't be evil 2.0"
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