Donald Trump's Rallies Are Getting Really Creepy
GOP frontrunner demands loyalty oaths, hires goons to sniff out protesters, restricts press access.
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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.
Bringing the First Amendment into the 21st Century
Trevor Timm and the Freedom of the Press Foundation empower journalists in a changing world.
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."
Spying on Everybody Threatens a Free Press Says Groups, Common Sense
Human Rights Watch and ACLU put out joint report
White House Press Secretary: The Most Nonessential Job in Government
Do we really need someone who gets paid to dodge 10,000 questions?
