A Truly Free Press Will Always Be an Inconvenience To The Government
Publishing Donald Trump's tax returns and Hillary Clinton's emails is in the public interest.
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Which Major Party Presidential Candidate Blamed Free Speech for Terrorism Today?
Trick question-it was both of them.
Prison Censors Impound Reason Because It 'Presents a Threat' to 'Security, Good Order, or Discipline'
A Florida inmate can't read his copy of the magazine this month. Can you?
Journalist Angers Judge With Open Records Request, Gets Charged With Felonies
"I don't react well when my honesty is questioned," Judge Brenda Weaver says.
New Media Versus Silicon Valley
The disrupters have become the disrupted in only a few short years.
Tricky Trump: A Total Sleaze or Just Unbelievably Dishonest?
Donald Trump and the $6 million in contributions to veterans groups.
Police to Be Trained on Concept of Free Press As Part of Ferguson Journalists' Lawsuit Settlement
St. Louis County PD adopts new "public information and news policy" following lawsuit alleging reporters were denied constitutional rights.
President Obama Tells Graduates to Embrace Free Speech, But He Hasn't Always Done the Same
The Obama administration's record on free expression lies in contrast with the president's advice to college kids.
Governments Hating On Press Freedom More, Says Reporters Without Borders
The U.S. has a satisfactory score, but our country could do a lot better.
Free Markets Linked to Less Human Trafficking
Score one for capitalism and economic liberalization: countries with freer markets handle human trafficking better, say researchers.
Charlie Hebdo, Terrorism, and the Culture of 'You Can't Say That'
The strangling of free, open commentary on Islam in Europe has had an impact that is as predictable as it is dire.
Trump Campaign Manager Allegedly Manhandles Breitbart News Reporter Michelle Fields
Witnesses say Corey Lewandowski "forcibly yanked" Fields, "nearly bringing her down to the ground."
Donald Trump's Rallies Are Getting Really Creepy
GOP frontrunner demands loyalty oaths, hires goons to sniff out protesters, restricts press access.
Turkey's Crackdown on Free Press Makes it Barely a Democracy Anymore
NATO ally aspires to join EU, but its government just violently seized the nation's largest newspaper.
Bernie Sanders Supported Press Crackdowns, Bread Lines, and Castro's Cult of Personality
The democratic socialist has a history of defending very undemocratic socialism.
All Anti-Feminist Talk Would Be Criminal 'Hate Speech' If U.K. Activists Get Their Way
Um, guys, a government allowed to whimsically bar people from coming to the country is sure not going to stop with preventing pickup artists from entering.
Vice News Reporter Freed After 131 Days in Turkish Prison
Mohammed Rasool was held as "protective measure" since August, as part of crackdown on free press.
Iran Cracks Down on Newspapers Opposing Nuclear Deal
Arguments against the deal are similar in the U.S. and Iran.
Resolution Calling for the Global Repeal of Blasphemy Laws Introduced in Congress
An attack on free speech is a greater blasphemy than is an insult to the divine.
Third Secular Blogger Hacked to Death in Last Three Months
Bangladesh prime minister too busy dealing with political disorder
Turkish Student Gets One Year Suspended Sentence for Retweeting Satirical Article Mocking Governor
Turkey's crackdown on free expression continues
Why a Libertarian Might Not Be Thrilled with the Resolution of the Joker/Batgirl Cover Controversy
Trying to make expression disappear because you disapprove of it is unhealthy for liberal culture, whether done by the state or privately.
Idaho Bill Seeks to Make Executions Even Less Transparent
Broadly written law could hide sources of lethal injection drugs and even the identity of an executed prisoner.
Obama: Tomorrow Tell Saudis to Stop Beating Journalists and to Let Dissidents Go
A one thousand lash insult to free speech.
Charlie Hebdo, Hate Speech and Christopher Hitchens
Be It Resolved: Freedom of Speech Includes the Freedom to Hate.
Video of Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Flogged for "Spreading Liberal Thoughts" and "Insulting Islam"
Saudi Arabia flogged Raif Badawi for "insulting Islam" even as the govt joined in protests against Charlie Hebdo murders.
Charlie Hebdo Massacre Victims Were Innocent. Full Stop.
Coverage of the atrocities lacking
Transparency is a Pro-Government Policy
Secrecy breeds mistrust among the public, an assumption that the government is doing things it shouldn't
Internet Freedom Under Global Attack; Report Finds Governments Around the World Expanded Online Control, Surveillance Last Year
Governments are expanding online controls "rapidly" and adopting new laws that effectively criminalize online dissent.
Pianist Thinks He Can Use 'Right to Be Forgotten' Law to Remove His Bad Reviews, Accidentally Outs Himself as a Thin-Skinned Censor Instead
Dejan Lazic discovers the Streisand Effect.
White House Hunts Leakers Because 'Obama Hates the Press,' Says NYT Reporter
So why don;t they return the favor?
How Bureaucrats Tried and Failed to Make TV Suck
The history of all things televisionish has been one of fraught relationships between rising innovators and grasping regulators.
