The ideal and limits of free speech and expression, and also the free access to information, as well as the various legal and extra-legal attempts at limiting that civil right. Censorship includes not only government actions against any media, published or not, but also the active suppression of such media by mainstream outlets. Unless a report is on free speech and/or censorship in general, it has been categorized in the subcategory of the country discussed.
By Bradley R. Smith ∙ September 30, 1998
Lexi Baugher, ad manager for The California Tech at California Institute of Technology, called to say The Tech would run the ad. On the 14th we discussed the layout of the ad by telephone and it was set to go on the 18th. I then received an e-mail message from their business manager: Dear Mr….
By Paul Lavin ∙ September 7, 1998
When you drop an envelope in a red pillar-box, you walk away confident that your mail will not be read by anyone except the addressee. However, when you send an email, it might be wise to reflect on the differences. According to the organisation Internet Freedom, an agreement being negotiated between the UK's internet service…
By Claus Nordbruch ∙ December 15, 1999
Claus Nordbruch is the author of two books on freedom of expression in today’s Germany: Sind Gedanken noch frei? Zensur in Deutschland (“Still Free to Think?: Censorship in Germany”), published in 1998 by Universitas (Munich), and Der Vefassungsschutz: Organisation, Spitzel, Skandale (Tübingen: Hohenrain, 1999). Dr. Nordbruch lives in Pretoria, South Africa. This essay is translated…
By Barry Steinhardt ∙ July 22, 1998
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 12:34:01 -0500To: [email protected]From: Dave Farber [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 21, 1998 CONTACTS: Barry Steinhardt, EFF President, 212 549 2508, E-mail [email protected] Alexander Fowler, EFF Director of Public Affairs, 202 462 5826, E-mail [email protected] Electronic Frontier Foundation Reacts to Senate Passage of Two Internet Filtering Bills Statement of Barry Steinhardt President…
By David Thomas ∙ January 1, 1998
A dejected subscriber is printed and processed for banishment after being caught using one of AOL's forbidden words, “breast”, on-line. Cyber Police scoffed at his plaintive insistence that he was trying to say “beast” and that he “never could spell too good noway.” “A likely goddamned story!” they sniffed. “These animals will say anything to…
By Hellen Keller ∙ January 1, 1998
Observations on verbal violence and the Usenet newsgroup alt.revisionism, with hints for potential participants Violence in speech does lead to violent action, as witnessed by the recent death of Yitzhak Rabin and its lengthy, ugly prelude of verbal excoriation of the basest sort. Yet many are those who rabidly maintain that the moral content of…
By Carlos Whitlock Porter ∙ January 5, 1998
Lower District Court, MunichDivision for Criminal Cases and FinesReference no.: (please indicate in all correspondence!)8430 Cs 112 Js 11637/96x/ Marked as applicable80097 Munich 27.02.1997Justizgebauede Nymphenburger Strasse 16RoomTelephone (0 89) 55 97-4353[deletions] Fax: (0 89) 5597 4428 (Criminal Court) Lower District Court, 80097 Munich Mr. Carlos Whitlock PORTERNiveze Bas, no. 112,B-4845 Sart-Lez-Spa/Belgium SUBPOENA – Please bring…
By Carlos Whitlock Porter ∙ January 5, 1998
[The document is a printed form with a few blanks filled in by typewriter.] Copy Reference no. 8430 Cs 112 Js 11637/96 (Please indicate reference in all correspondence! IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE! JUDGEMENT of the Lower District Court of MunichIn the criminal case against Carlos Whitlock PORTER For Incitement to Racial Hatred Based…
By Carlos Whitlock Porter ∙ January 5, 1998
[Note: The Appeal was filed by fax at 2:00 A.M. on 14 April 1997.] [Excerpts] [name of lawyer withheld] 3 June 1997 As agreed, I have examined the files in your case and am able to report my general opinion as follows: On 16.8.1996, you sent a letter written in German — whether you were…
By Carlos Whitlock Porter ∙ January 5, 1998
Richter UlrichLandgericht Muenchen IJustizgebaeudeNymphenburger Strasse 16D-800335 Muenchen Spa, 1 July 1997 Landgericht MuenchenAz. 18 Ns 112 Js 11637/96 Fax: (089) 55 97 43 54 BY REGISTERED MAIL AND FAX Judge Ulrich! With regards to your subpoena of 22 May: Without prejudicial admission, waiver, and with all due reserves: I do not recognize your jurisdiction. I…
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