The legal battles between the American Civil Liberties Union and the Trump administration is the subject of a new documentary, The Fight. The legal battles between the American Civil Liberties Union and the Trump administration ...
Given that Manning still faces a $256,000 fine for refusing to testify about WikiLeaks to a grand jury, said one reporter, “she will now struggle with destitution and poverty, but at least she will no ...
“I’m not sick. The world is sick & I’m the surgeon with the scalpel for false values.” - Meet comedian Lenny Bruce’s only daughter, Kitty. Lenny Bruce: comedian, scathingly sharp social satirist, oppressed by meddling moralists and ...
“This is a serious development and raises legitimate concerns over freedom of the press and proper public scrutiny of national security and defense matters. The ABC stands by its journalists, will protect its sources and ...
“Any government use of the Espionage Act to criminalize the receipt and publication of classified information poses a dire threat to journalists seeking to publish such information in the public interest, irrespective of the Justice ...
“I have been in jail for so long that I have forgotten how freedom is.” Jatupat “Pai” Boonpattararaksa looks out of a tall, barred window of a jail in the middle of Khon Kaen City, ...
Julian Assange is charged with a conspiracy to criminally obtain classified information through computer hacking — not with a conspiracy to disclose or publish classified information. (By Ofer Raban, The Conversation) A British court on ...
Bahia Amawi, a speech pathologist who lost her job due to the law, celebrated the ruling as “a huge win not just for me, but for everybody here in Texas.” (By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) ...
President Donald Trump threatened comedy sketch show “Saturday Night Live” with a federal investigation for its consistent mockery of him. In a pair of tweets early Sunday morning, President Donald Trump threatened to have the long-running ...
(By Harvey A. Schwartz) In 1998, I took on an unlikely client who had captured national headlines. “The client” was a Mississippi-based neo-Nazi organization, The Nationalist Movement, 30 men deep, who were fighting to defend ...
After the recent purge of over 800 independent media outlets on Facebook, the Supreme Court is now hearing a case that could have ramifications for any future attempts at similar purges. The United States Supreme ...
So far, in the “Understanding and Unpacking Media Bias” series, we have discussed the basics of media bias as well as partisanship as it related to the press during the colonial and revolutionary periods of ...
A video depicting a student as James Bond rescuing a friend from terrorists is now a court battle over First Amendment freedom of speech rights. A short video for one high school student’s class president ...
Well, as you probably know already, Alex Jones has been banned from everywhere – at least everywhere that Palo Alto can control. Outraged YouTube-izens are screaming about censorship. They point to Nazi Germany as an ...
What can you say about free speech and the internet these days? How many times can you say free speech is free speech? It’s a waste of time to keep talking when you say it ...
“Anyone who does care about news needs to understand Facebook as a fundamental threat.” (Common Dreams) During a closed-door and off-the-record meeting last week, top Facebook executive Campbell Brown reportedly warned news publishers that refusal ...
A conspiracy theorist was banned from several social media outlets–is this a cause for concern for Americans’ right to free speech? Last Thursday, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his Infowars news network were banned from ...
In a move underscoring one of today’s most contentious debates Facebook, YouTube, Spotify and iTunes all removed various types of content from controversial political talk show host, Alex Jones and his Infowars website. The removal ...
“We consider this case against the background of a profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues…may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials.” (New ...
(RadioFree Europe, by Daud Khattak and Frud Bezhan) Military rule, religious extremism, and war have long made Pakistan one of the world’s toughest beats for journalists. But Pakistani reporters say free media is now being shackled like never ...
The battle to save net neutrality continues. Wednesday afternoon the Senate voted to allow debate on reversing the FCC’s decision to repeal net neutrality protections. The vote passed with a 52 – 47 split, with ...
“Kanye West On Red-Pill Rampage,” read the first half of ZeroHedge’s Monday headline on Kanye’s recent twitterstorm endorsing Candace Owens and referencing Scott Adams. The Left is melting down over this pop culture icon becoming, ...
CHECK IT OUT! YOUR BITE SIZED TRUMP RESISTANCE PODCAST IS HERE! Listen⇒KVoice of Resistance 8/18/17 We take the country’s temperature as it recovers from the recent Nazi blows. We provide actions to combat white terrorism. ...
Broadband companies want the government to let them control the internet as we know it. And they’ve got help. Defend internet neutrality. (Other Words,By Razan Azzarkani) Think about the websites you visit. The movies you stream. The ...
Think the CEOs of the largest phone, cable and internet companies should call all the shots when it comes to Net Neutrality? The Net Neutrality Debate. (FreePress.net, by Candace Clement) Think the CEOs of the ...