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 CODOH ∙ January 27, 1996
Germany's largest Internet provider, Deutsche Telekom, cut access to nearly 1,500 internet sites on Thursday, January 25. The primary target of this ban is what has been deemed to be “neo-Nazi” propaganda. Inexplicably other sites included various financial services and even “Santa Claus On-line.” Computer users in Germany were very upset and accused Deutsche Telekom…
By U.S. Congress ∙ January 3, 1996
One Hundred Fourth Congress of the United States of AmericaAT THE SECOND SESSIONBegun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-sixAn ActTo promote competition and reduce regulation in order to secure lower prices and higher quality services for American telecommunications consumers and encourage the…
By CODOH ∙ December 28, 1995
On Thursday, December 28th, 1995, CompuServe Inc. decided to suspend access to 200 Internet newsgroups that were considered “pornographic.” This move was made due to pressure from the German government to limit public access to the Internet. There is terrific risk that Germany, which is known for banning of books and materials deemed inappropriate will…
By Ted Kennedy ∙ December 19, 1995
The following is the response that this author received after presenting my opinion on freedom of speech and opinion on the Internet to Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA). RW Subj: Re: Internet Censorship Protest DayDate: 95-12-19 13:10:00 ESTFrom: [email protected]To: [email protected] Senator Kennedy's statement on the conference report on Internet censorship I oppose the Internet censorship provision…
By Richard A. Widmann ∙ December 15, 1995
In December of 1995, a friend of CODOH made a post to the USENET newsgroup, soc.history.war.world-war-ii. The post announced that the work, Not Guilty at Nuremberg : The German Defense Case by Carlos Porter was now available on the web. The post was originally approved by the moderator and posted to the newsgroup. On December…
By CODOH ∙ December 7, 1995
December 7, 1995 Members of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre requested that Italian Prime Minister Lamberto Dini back their initiatives to ban “racists” and “extremists” from the Internet. Italy has been specifically targeted to support the Orwellian-ban because Italy takes over the European Union presidency on January 1, 1996. The Wiesenthal Centre would like the enforcement…
By Ernst Gauss ∙ January 9, 1994
[Note: Ernst Gauss was a nom de plume that Germar Rudolf adopted after his persecution by the government of Germany. The political situation in Germany in 1994 resulted in Rudolf's need to hide his true identity. The following paper was part of the original German edition of Dissecting the Holocaust, and as such it was…
By Douglas Collins ∙ January 1, 1995
There may have been other writers who have been hounded as much as historian David Irving but I can't think of any. A fascinating book could be written on the subject — if it could find a publisher. That would not be easy. A lot of powerful people don't want to hear what he has…
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