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Under attack
Curbs on free speech are growing tighter. It is time to speak out
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Under attack - Curbs on free speech are growing tighter. It is time to speak out Jun 4th 2016
IN A sense, this is a golden age for free speech. Your smartphone can call up newspapers from the other side of world in seconds. More than a billion tweets, Facebook posts and blog updates are published every single day. Anyone with access to the internet can be a publisher, and anyone who can reach Wikipedia enters a digital haven where America’s First Amendment reigns. However, watchdogs report that speaking out is becoming more dangerous—and they are right. As our report shows, curbs on free speech have grown tighter.
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Ban on smoking in movies 'infringes free speech', says MPAA
Motion Picture Association of America faces lawsuit aimed at removing tobacco imagery from films deemed suitable for children
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Next Time Someone Shouts “Freedom Of Speech”, Send Them This Factual Takedown Of Why They’re Probably Wrong
It’s an alarming statement from Cory Bernardi and one that is dredging up some heated debate. He’s part of outspoken group of right-wing politicians and commentators outraged by Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act which they allege limits our free speech. Is he right? On the surface, what’s so wrong about defending free speech? We as a society hold freedom of speech up as one of our greatest attributes, a cornerstone of our democracy. TV and movies have bashed into us the idea that it should be defended at all costs. So why are people attacking Cory Bernardi?
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Fake News May Not Be Protected Speech
In the free marketplace of ideas, true ideas are supposed to compete with false ones until the truth wins -- at least according to a leading rationale for free speech. But what if the rise of fake news shows that, under current conditions, truth may not defeat falsehood in the market? That would start to make free speech look a whole lot less appealing. The rise of fake news therefore poses a serious challenge to our basic ideas about the First Amendment. Much of the debate in recent weeks has focused on social media and search engines.
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Killswitch (2014)
The Internet is under attack. This award-winning documentary explores the threat Internet censorship imposes on free speech, innovation, and democracy.
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IMDb ignores new law banning it from publishing actors' ages online, citing free speech violations
Back in September, the state of California passed a new law that banned sites that offer paid subscriptions, and allow people to post resumes, from publishing individuals' ages. It's a law that has the potential to affect many sites, but it is the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) that hit the headlines.
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Most Irish people don't want free speech restrictions - even if it offends some
THE MAJORITY OF Irish people prefer free speech as they believe limitations on it is overprotecting citizens from potential offence, a poll has found. Debates over what freedom of speech is exactly have been becoming more frequent with the rise of an extreme right-wing movement that has brought on the Brexit referendum result and the election of Donald Trump as US president.
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The Man Who Didn't Invent Email Attacks Free Speech
The man whose much disputed claim to have invented email when he was a 14-year-old is taking legal actions, or threatening such, against anyone who publicly disagrees with his version of history.
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Pakistani judge threatens to shut down country's social media over free speech ‘terrorists'
Pakistan is no place for free speech. A justice on Pakistan’s Islamabad High Court (IHC) has threatened to shut down the entirety of social media if criticism of Islam’s Muhammad continues, declaring these “blasphemers” as “terrorists.” According to local reports, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqi burst into tears while issuing the warning for those who apparently have taken to social media to criticize Muhammad. Siddiqi made it very clear that Pakistan would not allow for such displays of free speech.
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Outrage as Belarus arrests authors, publishers and journalists in crackdown
Human rights organisations have called on Belarusian authorities to drop all charges immediately against writers, publishers and journalists who have been arrested following a wave of nationwide protests. The Committee to Protect Journalists said security forces had detained or otherwise obstructed at least 32 people in recent weeks. It was joined by Pen America in protesting against the arrests.
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Monopoly capitalism destroyed American black businesses, which provided safe employment for civil rights activists
Monopoly capitalism destroyed American black businesses, which provided safe employment for civil rights activists.
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Bernie Sanders Condemns Threats Against Ann Coulter Speech At Berkeley | AllSides
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Now’s the time to eliminate Canada’s old blasphemy laws
Now that M-103 has passed many Canadians have concerns that the country is creeping towards some form of anti-blasphemy legislation.
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Blasphemy laws are an unholy offense against free speech. And they're spreading
Indonesia and Ireland are very different societies, but in both countries talking about religion can get you in trouble with the law. On Tuesday, the Christian governor of Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, was sentenced to two years in prison for blasphemy against Islam, a penalty that shocked many inhabitants of the majority-Muslim country known for its tolerance and pluralism. The blasphemy charge against Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama was based on a video in which he was recorded telling voters they were being misled if they believed that a verse in the Koran forbade them from voting for a non-Muslim.
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Jailed for a Facebook post: how US police target critics with arrest and prosecution
Felony case is part of what civil rights campaigners say is a disturbing trend of arresting users over innocuous political messages that constitute free speech. By Sam Levin.
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Getting Julian Assange: The Untold Story - New Matilda
The hunt for the Wikileaks founder has been a brutal and corrupt assault on freedom of speech from the beginning, writes John Pilger. Julian Assange has been vindicated because the Swedish case against him was corrupt. The prosecutor, Marianne Ny, obstructed justice and should be prosecuted. Her obsession with Assange not only embarrassed her colleagues...
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Joe Lieberman atop FBI would be a First Amendment disaster
Former Senator Joe Lieberman is reportedly President Trump’s leading choice to replace the recently-fired James Comey as FBI director. If you’re a person who values free speech and press freedom rights, it’s hard to imagine a worse pick for FBI director than Lieberman. By Trever Timm.
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The Ethics of Punching People in the Face
When you’re in the business of commentary, every day you see hundreds of people speaking authoritatively on subjects they know little about. Usually it’s political, but make no mistake as to the capacity people have for not knowing what they’re talking about... By Ben Howe.
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Denmark to abolish blasphemy law after government party changes stance
In an about turn on its previous position, Denmark’s governing Venstre (Liberal) party has announced that it now supports removing a blasphemy paragraph from the country’s law code. The change of stance by the party, the largest in the coalition government, means that the paragraph will probably be abolished in parliament Friday, reports DR.
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