Censorship

Culture

Joan Rivers Godwins Costco Ban of Her Book

First they came for the unfunny zombie comedians, but I did not speak up because I was not an unfunny zombie comedian.

Reason Staff | 8.8.2012 3:23 PM

Civil Liberties

Buck-Passing At Facebook

The Advertising Standards Board has ruled that businesses are responsible for comments on their Facebook pages.

Reason Staff | 8.7.2012 2:12 PM

Nanny State

Teddy Bears Parachute Into Belarus to Promote Human Rights, Embarrass Dictator

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 8.1.2012 3:55 PM

Politics

Should the U.S. Emulate Germany's Campaign Against Scientology?

Jacob Sullum | 7.27.2012 1:46 PM

Politics

Would Family-Friendly TV Fare Disappear Without the FCC?

Jacob Sullum | 7.18.2012 5:05 PM

Policy

The Dumbest Argument for Censorship That You Will Read Today

Jesse Walker | 7.18.2012 10:32 AM

Politics

Why Refute Lies When You Can Throw Liars in Jail?

Jacob Sullum | 7.17.2012 3:07 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: Bikini Banners and F*cking Cops Cracking Down on Curse Words! (Nanny of the Month, June '12)

Ted Balaker | 6.29.2012 10:03 AM

Policy

Use a Computer, Go to Jail

How a federal law can be used to prosecute almost anyone who visits a website

Jacob Sullum | 6.26.2012 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Error 451: The Government Has Censored This Content

Ed Krayewski | 6.22.2012 5:34 PM

Politics

Supreme Court to FCC: You Can't Enforce an Indecency Policy You Made Up After the Fact

Peter Suderman | 6.21.2012 12:31 PM

Civil Liberties

U.N. Out of My Inbox!: New Spam Rules May Limit Internet Freedom

Melanie Kruvelis | 6.19.2012 5:21 PM

Civil Liberties

Reason Writers on TV: Peter Suderman Talks Government Censorship of the Internet with Neil Cavuto

Reason Staff | 6.19.2012 2:42 PM

Policy

Google Calls Report on Government Takedown Requests "alarming," Warns That "free expression is at risk"

Peter Suderman | 6.18.2012 2:46 PM

Policy

Advertising in the Olympic Corporate State

Jesse Walker | 5.25.2012 10:19 AM

Politics

How in the World Did a Case About Speech Restrictions Become a Battle Over Government Censorship?

Jacob Sullum | 5.22.2012 6:56 PM

Policy

DC Capitol Hemp Shutting Down: Obama's War on Drugs to Blame

Joshua Swain and Nick Gillespie | 5.21.2012 3:00 PM

Policy

DC Capitol Hemp Shutting Down: Obama's War on Drugs to Blame

Joshua Swain and Nick Gillespie | 5.21.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

What Makes a Horror Movie Intolerable in Canada?

Jacob Sullum | 5.8.2012 5:36 PM

Policy

'Shock Artist' Could Get 25 Years for Offending Federal Prosecutors

Jacob Sullum | 5.1.2012 12:24 PM

Civil Liberties

Scenes from the Political Struggle in Chinese Cyberspace

Jesse Walker | 4.25.2012 9:15 AM

Policy

In Alabama, They Like Their Bastards Fat and Arrogant, but Not Dirty

Jacob Sullum | 4.24.2012 7:21 PM

Policy

Judge Rules That Advocating Jury Nullification Is Not a Crime

Jacob Sullum | 4.20.2012 11:43 AM

Politics

FCC Asks SCOTUS to Reinstate CBS Nip Slip Fine

Jacob Sullum | 4.18.2012 3:59 PM

Policy

How Long Will Nicholas Kristof Continue to Profit From Sex Trafficking?

Jacob Sullum | 4.12.2012 1:31 PM

Politics

The Freakin' FCC

The increasingly incomprehensible ban on broadcast indecency

Jacob Sullum | 3.26.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

Going to Canada? Leave Your Comic Books at Home.

Jacob Sullum | 3.22.2012 6:17 PM

Policy

Was Nicholas Kristof's Story About an Underage Prostitute Peddled on Backpage.com 'Concocted'?

Jacob Sullum | 3.21.2012 7:03 PM

Policy

Ender's Game Isn't Porn, Teacher Who Read the Book Aloud Won't Go to Jail

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 3.21.2012 4:15 PM

Politics

Obama's Daughter Vacations in Mexico, But Let's Not Discuss It. In Fact, Let's Not Even Ever Have Discussed It

Brian Doherty | 3.19.2012 11:37 PM

Policy

6th Circuit Approves Cigarette Warning Labels and Suppression of Risk Information but Rejects Ad Limits

Jacob Sullum | 3.19.2012 6:56 PM

Politics

Five Ways Citizens United Is Making Politics Better

The controversial 2010 Supreme Court ruling is already bringing us more competitive campaigns, funnier ads and greater freedom of speech.

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.17.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

When Is Quoting Van Halen a Crime?

Jacob Sullum | 3.14.2012 3:33 PM

Policy

With 12 Beholders, You Just Need One to Say It Might Be Art

Jacob Sullum | 3.9.2012 12:26 PM

Policy

Porn So Icky That It Can't Be Obscene

Jacob Sullum | 3.5.2012 3:56 PM

Policy

Drug Paraphernalia Raids Make Books Disappear

Jacob Sullum | 2.23.2012 1:53 PM

Politics

Where Do I Go to Get Back My Valor?

Jacob Sullum | 2.22.2012 3:57 PM

Politics

Iranian Web Designer Faces Imminent Death After Judicial Swindle

Julie Ershadi | 2.18.2012 6:57 PM

Civil Liberties

Blasphemous Saudi Tweeter Has Been Deported, Supporters Could Be Punished

Nick Sibilla | 2.13.2012 4:29 PM

Civil Liberties

Saudi Writer Could Be Executed for Blasphemous Tweets

Nick Sibilla | 2.10.2012 10:05 AM

Civil Liberties

"This is a sad case of the South Korean authorities' complete failure to understand sarcasm."

Lucy Steigerwald | 2.9.2012 4:38 PM

Politics

If You're Reading This, You're (Probably) a Terrorist

Nick Sibilla | 2.8.2012 4:45 PM