Censorship

Policy

The Internet Dodges the SOPA Bullet—For Now

Those who seek control will not give up easily.

Sheldon Richman | 1.20.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

People Are Indeed People, and Their Right to Talk About Politics Is Guaranteed by the First Amendment

Jacob Sullum | 1.19.2012 11:37 AM

Politics

The Vain Crusade to Purify Politics

How misguided efforts to prevent corruption gave us the pretense of "independent" campaign spending.

Jacob Sullum | 1.18.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Can 'Scarcity' Justify the FCC's TV Censorship?

Jacob Sullum | 1.11.2012 3:33 PM

Policy

Toddler to Say Fuck on Delightful Family Sitcom Next Week; Nuclear Clock Now Even Closer to Midnight

Nick Gillespie | 1.11.2012 10:13 AM

Politics

The FCC's Incomprehensible Ban on Broadcast Indecency

The Supreme Court examines TV censorship.

Jacob Sullum | 1.11.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

SCOTUS Seems Inclined to Overturn the FCC's Indecency Policy, but Not the Decision That Authorized It

Jacob Sullum | 1.10.2012 6:02 PM

Politics

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler: Prude Looks Like a Lady, Wants FCC to Police Indecency on the TV

Nick Gillespie | 1.10.2012 2:38 PM

Politics

Morality in Media Suggests Another Reason to Vote Against Romney, Santorum, and Gingrich

Jacob Sullum | 1.9.2012 4:55 PM

Politics

How Big a Friend of Free Speech Is the Roberts Court?

Jacob Sullum | 1.9.2012 3:31 PM

Policy

FIRE's Firefly Victory

Jacob Sullum | 12.29.2011 4:29 PM

Policy

Pain Patient Advocate Siobhan Reynolds Dies in Plane Crash

Jacob Sullum | 12.26.2011 1:34 PM

Policy

If You Are a Potential Juror, Do Not Read This Post

Jacob Sullum | 12.21.2011 11:11 AM

Civil Liberties

A Different Kind of Playwright-President Is Dead: Welcome to Hell, Kim Jong-Il!

Matt Welch | 12.19.2011 5:12 AM

Politics

Keep on Rockin' in the Free World

How the Velvet Underground and Václav Havel built a blueprint for toppling totalitarians and other censors

Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie | 12.18.2011 2:15 PM

Politics

Not Newt

If you're looking for a profligate authoritarian, Gingrich is your man.

Jacob Sullum | 12.14.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

India Shows That the Road to Serfdom is a Two-Way Street

Shikha Dalmia | 12.12.2011 5:18 AM

Policy

Clinton Condemns Her Own Government's Internet Policy

Jacob Sullum | 12.9.2011 3:12 PM

Policy

School District Acknowledges Student's Right to Say the Governor Sucks

Jacob Sullum | 11.28.2011 1:25 PM

Policy

'Oh Yeah Man, We Got the Water Pipes Bro'

Jacob Sullum | 11.23.2011 1:29 PM

Politics

The Guy Who Proposed Amending the Constitution to Overturn Citizens United Faults Senators for Trying to Do That

Jacob Sullum | 11.17.2011 7:24 PM

Politics

"It's time for a new rule that gives broadcast media the same level of speech protection as any other kind."

Damon Root | 11.11.2011 2:47 PM

Politics

It's Everybody Bomb Anybody Who Draws Mohammed Day in France!

Nick Gillespie | 11.2.2011 5:00 PM

Policy

Critics of Online Sex Ads Hide Behind Children

Jacob Sullum | 10.31.2011 5:05 PM

Civil Liberties

Google Refuses to Remove Police Brutality Video

Jacob Sullum | 10.26.2011 12:59 PM

Policy

Cannabis Candy Leaves Sour Taste in Drug Warriors' Mouths

Jacob Sullum | 10.10.2011 3:07 PM

Politics

Did China Kill Super Girl Over Voting? Does It Matter?

Tim Cavanaugh | 9.29.2011 5:10 PM

Politics

Freedom of the Press Belongs to Everyone

Jacob Sullum | 9.28.2011 11:34 AM

Civil Liberties

The Clear and Present Danger Posed by Space Captains

Jacob Sullum | 9.26.2011 1:53 PM

Politics

The Chilling Power of Incredible Defamation Claims

Jacob Sullum | 9.22.2011 7:10 PM

Policy

Renton Police Drop Cyberstalking Investigation of Cartoon Creator, Pursue Harassment Claim Instead

Jacob Sullum | 9.7.2011 3:30 PM

Politics

"What do you think of interracial marriage? It would be hard, offhand, to think of a question less relevant to libertarianism"

Matt Welch | 8.30.2011 2:04 PM

Policy

The Formal Death of the Fairness Doctrine

Jesse Walker | 8.22.2011 7:55 PM

Politics

Renton, Washington: Where Cartoons Are a Bigger Offense Than Gross Abuses of Police Power

Jacob Sullum | 8.5.2011 12:25 PM

Politics

'The Department Does Not Like Laundry Being Aired in Public'

Jacob Sullum | 8.4.2011 3:30 PM

Politics

California Court Says Child Porn Requires Real Children

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2011 3:56 PM

Politics

Arkansas Town Bans Organizations Lest They Cause 'Discourse'

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2011 2:46 PM

Politics

8th Circuit Says St. Louis Must Tolerate Conspicuous Criticism

Jacob Sullum | 7.18.2011 3:21 PM

Politics

Fear of a Muslim America

In the fight against radical Islam, conservatives are trying to limit the property and speech rights of peaceful American Muslims.

Cathy Young | 7.18.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

We Can Sell Our Beer in Texas, but We Can't Tell You Where

Jacob Sullum | 7.12.2011 12:40 PM

Politics

Big Daddy

The government should let parents regulate their children's entertainment.

Jacob Sullum | 6.29.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Is the Defeat of Arizona's 'Clean Elections' System a Victory for 'the Richest Americans'?

Jacob Sullum | 6.27.2011 7:10 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Will Review the FCC's 'Indecency' Ban

Jacob Sullum | 6.27.2011 1:06 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Overturns California Ban on Selling Violent Video Games to Minors

Jacob Sullum | 6.27.2011 10:45 AM

Policy

No Cigars in Cigar City

Jacob Sullum | 6.24.2011 4:35 PM

Civil Liberties

A Disgusting Act of Censorship

The British Board of Film Classification freaks out over The Human Centipede II

Brendan O'Neill | 6.24.2011 10:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Tennessee Probably Doesn't Want You Watching Human Centipede II Either

Peter Suderman | 6.9.2011 12:35 PM