Turkey one of 13 to ban YouTube
Turkish Press Scanner – Turkish Daily News May 27, 2008: ” Turkey one of 13 to ban YouTube – Vatan Google and Reporters Without Borders, or RWB, have responded to court decisions that ban access…
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US Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Global Internet Freedom
Interesting Read…. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: “May 13, 2008 The US Senate Committee on the Judiciary had a hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law on ‘Global Internet Freedom:…
Google Public Policy Blog: Promoting free expression on the internet
Google Public Policy Blog: Promoting free expression on the internet: “Promoting free expression on the internet Tuesday, May 20, 2008, Posted by Pablo Chavez, Senior Policy Counsel Google’s commitment to freedom of expression is at…
Riding the rollercoster of Turkey’s Youtube bans
I am currently in istanbul, Turkey and as of today YouTube is still blocked. A court complaint of a single video clip (out of presumably millions of video files) results with the blocking of the…
FSC Analysis of the Williams Supreme Court Decision
Free Speech Coalitions: “Williams Case Analysis Canoga Park, CA –Today, the Free Speech Coalition released an analysis of the May 19th opinion, issued by the United States Supreme Court, in United States v. Michael Williams,…
Wikimedia Foundation muzzles Wikinews
Wikimedia Foundation muzzles Wikinews: “ Speech is free if you pretend it’s free Wikinews – like its sister site, Wikipedia – bills itself as a place without bias. Ostensibly, it’s a democratic news source that…
NYT: A Discomfiting Threat to Free Speech
A Discomfiting Threat to Free Speech – New York Times: May 21, 2008, Editorial, A Discomfiting Threat to Free Speech The Supreme Court upheld a law on Monday that sweeps too broadly in its attempt…
NYT: Supreme Court Upholds Child Pornography Law
This is the New York Times coverage of the recent US Supreme Court decision on the “pandering” provisions. Supreme Court Upholds Child Pornography Law – New York Times: “May 20, 2008 Supreme Court Upholds Child…
US Justices Uphold Child Porn Law
Another detailed article discussing the recent decision of the US Supreme Court with regards to the so called “pandering” provisions. Justices Uphold Child Porn Law: “Justices Uphold Child Porn Law Case Involved Criminalization Of ‘Pandering’…
US Supreme Court Upholds Child Porn Law: 7-2
The Volokh Conspiracy – BREAKING — Court Upholds Child Porn Law 7-2:: “This morning the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the a federal law prohibiting soliciting the sale or purchase of child pornography by…