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Censorship

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.'' - First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

If 'twere only so always and everywhere.

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  • November 2007

    • Game Banned for Lesbian Scene

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Nov 15, 07 8:53 AM CST

      Game Banned for Lesbian Scene

      Singaporeans anticipating Microsoft’s much-ballyhooed Mass Effect video game should stop anticipating. Thanks to a scene in which a human woman kisses and caresses an alien woman, Singapore has banned the action-RPG, Reuters reports. Microsoft said it would respect the ban, but outraged gamers decried the decision as too strict. Sex between men is against the law in Singapore. More »

    • Georgia Prez to Lift Restrictions ... Eventually

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Nov 11, 07 12:05 PM CST

      Georgia Prez to Lift Restrictions ... Eventually

      Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili vowed yesterday to end his country's state of emergency—eventually—asserting that the restrictions, which include a ban on independent TV news, wouldn't cease "on orders of a foreign minister of some country," AP reports. Not enough for some: Georgia's richest man announced he would run for president to free the country from "this dictatorial junta." More »

    • Bhutto Restraint Order Lifted

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Nov 9, 07 1:50 PM CST

      Bhutto Restraint Order Lifted

      Pakistan lifted the restraint order on Benazir Bhutto's house today hours after police prevented the ex-PM from leading a rally against Pervez Musharraf's declaration of emergency rule, the Guardian reports. Authorities immobilized her as part of a general ban on political assembly but said they were also acting for Bhutto's safety after a report of another possible assassination plot. More »

  • October 2007

    • Federal Court Gives Porn Biz a Break

      newser  |  Wired  |  Oct 25, 07 12:53 AM CDT

      Federal Court Gives Porn Biz a Break

      A federal appeals court threw a wrench today into the government’s efforts to stop child porn. The Cincinnati-based court struck down a 1998 law requiring porn producers to keep records of people depicted in their materials. The Justice Department argued the law helped authorities clamp down on kiddie porn, but the appeals judges ruled 2-1 that it trampled on first amendment rights. More »

    • YouTubers Call Takedown Notices Abusive

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Oct 19, 07 2:04 PM CDT

      YouTubers Call Takedown Notices Abusive

      YouTube has long been on the forefront of citizen filmmaking, but now it’s hitting the vanguard of citizen litigation. Many are crying foul at the frequency of takedown notices—warnings of infringement by copyright holders. Said one user who sued Universal after video of her baby performing over a Prince track was removed, “I don’t like being bullied.” More »

    • Scaling the Great Firewall of China

      newser  |  Ars Technica  |  Oct 16, 07 3:09 PM CDT

      Scaling the Great Firewall of China

      Citizen’s Lab is coming to the rescue of righteous Iranian bloggers and Korean porn seekers alike, with “Everyone’s Guide to Internet Censorship,” a free PDF detailing dozens of ways laypeople can get around online censorship. More than 25 countries censor sites, says Ars Technica, from China’s draconian firewall to the Children’s Internet Protection Act filtering US library and school systems. More »

    • AP Sues News Site for Copyright Infringement

      newser  |  paidContent.org  |  Oct 10, 07 1:07 PM CDT

      AP Sues News Site for Copyright Infringement

      The Associated Press is taking news aggregator Moreover to court, for allegedly posting and archiving AP wire stories without permission. The lawsuit filed yesterday in federal court demands a stop to the practice and unspecified damages. The service doesn’t fall under fair use, in the AP's eyes, because Moreover copies headlines wholesale, without any transformative value, explains paidContent.org . More »

    • Burma Confiscates Phones, Computers to Silence News

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Oct 9, 07 4:06 AM CDT

      Burma Confiscates Phones, Computers to Silence News

      The Burmese government is cutting the last lines of communication with the outside world, confiscating satellite phones and computers that reporters and bloggers were using to spread news of the violent repression of pro-democracy protests. Officials even demanded to see permits for satellite phones at a United Nations office. Authorities also searched other offices in a Rangoon hotel and office building for equipment. More »

    • Relentless Myanmar Junta Pursues Reprisals

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Oct 4, 07 4:38 AM CDT

      Relentless Myanmar Junta Pursues Reprisals

      Burma's military junta is continuing to exact a harsh revenge on pro-democracy activists, despite an end to large-scale demonstrations. In the wake of a recent visit by a UN special envoy, the government is disregarding calls for restraint and continuing to round up and beat monks, nuns and civilians. Last night soldiers arrested dozens of people who tried to prevent a raid on a monastery. More »

    • Hunt's On for Burma's Hero Bloggers

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Oct 1, 07 9:14 AM CDT

      Hunt's On for Burma's Hero Bloggers

      Burmese bloggers whose accounts and photos of the Saffron Revolution and the brutal crackdown by the military dictatorship riveted the world last week are now  being hunted by authorities, reports the Times of London. With the Internet shut down and the streets swarming with troops, the bloggers have gone underground. More »

  • September 2007

    • Verizon Backs Off, Will Allow Naral Texts

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Sep 27, 07 12:56 PM CDT

      Verizon Backs Off, Will Allow Naral Texts

      Verizon has reversed its refusal to let Naral send text messages over its system, after previously banning the abortion rights group’s content as “controversial or unsavory.” The wireless service provider was apologetic about last week’s decision, saying it had misinterpreted “a dusty internal policy,” the Times reports. It insisted it has “great respect for this free flow of ideas.” More »

    • Verizon Bans Abortion Rights Text Service

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Sep 27, 07 4:18 AM CDT

      Verizon Bans Abortion Rights Text Service

      Verizon Wireless has rejected a bid from an abortion rights organization to establish a text-message information system for supporters who sign up for the service. Verizon invoked its right to block "controversial or unsavory" messages in refusing the program by Naral Pro-Choice America, reports the New York Times . Verizon's competitors are allowing the service. More »

  • August 2007

    • Pro-Anorexia Vids Draw Ire

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Aug 11, 07 6:42 AM CDT

      Pro-Anorexia Vids Draw Ire

      Advocates for people with eating disorders are calling on social networking sites like MySpace and FaceBook to bar "thinspiration" videos—movies of anorexics showing off their alarmingly underweight bodies to encourage others to emulate them. One MySpace pro-anorexia group with over 1,000 members boasts that it wants "no people trying to recover—it ruins our motivation." More »

    • Webcaster Mutes Band's Anti-Bush Lyrics

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Aug 9, 07 2:26 PM CDT

      Webcaster Mutes Band's Anti-Bush Lyrics

      Pearl Jam is slamming AT&T after the telecom company censored its Webcast of the band's performance at Lollapalooza Sunday. Lyrics telling George Bush to "leave this world alone" and "find another home" during the Chicago show vanished from the streaming version of the gig; AT&T blames an "overzealous" editor for excising the lines, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

    • In Countdown to 2008 Olympics, Beijing Besieged

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Aug 7, 07 6:48 AM CDT

      In Countdown to 2008 Olympics, Beijing Besieged

      As the one-year countdown to the Beijing Olympics begins tomorrow, activists and Olympic organizers alike have been vocal in their concerns about the host city. The government is under fire for press harassment: journalists were detained for several hours yesterday after a Reporters Without Borders conference, and six Free Tibet activists were arrested recently for unfurling a banner at the Great Wall. More »

  • May 2007

    • Web Muckrakers Fight Corruption in China

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 2, 07 2:38 PM CDT

      A new breed of journalist is evolving out of China’s censored media: the web-based hired gun. The Washington Post reports on freelance muckrakers who investigate corruption the mainstream press can't touch and post the results on their sites. They're paid—if meagerly—by the aggrieved parties. More »

  • March 2007

    • Turkey Bans YouTube

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 8, 07 1:03 PM CST

      Turkey Bans YouTube

      A Turkish court banned YouTube on Wednesday after Greek videos on the site insulted Turks—in particular Ataturk, the country's modern founding father—calling them homosexuals. The videos, part of an escalating "virtual war" between Greek and Turkish citizens belittling each other, were deemed an insult to Turkishness, a crime punishable by imprisonment. More »

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Background

freedom of speech
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

freedom of speech liberty to speak and otherwise express oneself and one's opinions. Like freedom of the press (see press, freedom of the ), which pertains to the publication of speech, freedom of speech itself has been absolute in no time or place. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ...

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prior restraint
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

pri·or re·straint • n. Law judicial suppression of material that would be published or broadcast, on the ...

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freedom of the press
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

freedom of the press liberty to print or to otherwise disseminate information, as in print, by broadcasting, or through electronic media, without prior restraints such as licensing requirements or content review and without subsequent punishment for what is said. Freedom of the press, which has ...

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