Arizona has banned prisoners from reading a book that discusses the impact of the criminal justice system on black men, drawing outcry from First Amendment advocates who say the move is censorship.
Read moreAfter years of pressure to crack down on hatred and bigotry, Facebook has banned Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Louis Farrakhan and other extremists, saying they violated its ban on “dangerous individuals.”
Read moreReviving a woman’s claims against Hunt County for its sheriff’s policy of deleting negative comments from its official Facebook page and banning users, the Fifth Circuit ruled that the plaintiff sufficiently pleaded that the county “had an explicit policy of viewpoint discrimination.”
Read moreRussia’s lower chamber of parliament has adopted a bill that would expand government control over the internet, raising fears of widespread censorship.
Read moreSomewhere in the shadows of federal bureaucracy, there was an issue about the drinking habits of Augusto Pinochet. The National Security Archive, an advocate for open government, had for years tried to gain access to intelligence files about the Chilean dictator, his human rights abuses and his ties to the United States.
Read moreRussian lawmakers Thursday approved a bill that would expand government control over the internet and whose opponents fear heralds a new era of widespread censorship.
Read moreExecutives from Facebook and Twitter defended their platforms Wednesday against claims they censor conservative voices, pointing to an internal study conducted this year showing posts by Republican and Democratic lawmakers were viewed at the same rate.
Read moreAustralia’s Parliament passed legislation on Thursday that could send social media executives to prison if their platforms stream real violence such as the New Zealand mosque shootings.
Read moreFive military and U.S. intelligence community veterans took legal aim Tuesday at the government’s system of prepublication review, calling it rife with dysfunction and inequality.
Read moreA huge fan of rock legends Queen, Peng Yanzi rushed to see “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the biopic about the band’s late lead singer, Freddie Mercury, while he was traveling in Britain last October.
Read moreFive Ohioans opposed to a school’s policy of arming teachers claim the school board violated their rights to free speech by silencing them or limiting their ability to speak out against the policy at public meetings.
Read moreThe Russian parliament on Thursday announced a rap song competition amid a crackdown on contemporary music that evoked Soviet-era censorship of the arts.
Read moreUrging the Supreme Court to lift a ban it faces in Florida correctional facilities, Prison Legal News found support for its censorship appeal this month from more than 100 groups across the political spectrum.
Read moreSeveral Illinois prisons banned or censored publications, greeting cards and other written materials published by a group advocating for LGBTQ prisoners, it said in a free speech lawsuit filed in federal court in Chicago Thursday.
Read moreMaine Governor Paul LePage must face a lawsuit from two constituents whom the Republican has blocked on Facebook, a federal judge ruled.
Read moreMore than a dozen human rights groups have sent a letter to Google urging the company not to offer censored internet search in China, amid reports it is planning to again provide the service in the giant market.
Read moreCivil rights groups and a digital library claim the Trump administration’s new law targeting websites where sex solicitations are posted is unconstitutional and the most comprehensive censorship of online speech in decades.
Read moreAn overwhelming majority of Americans believe social media companies are actively censoring political viewpoints they disagree with, the Pew Research Center reported Thursday.
Read moreThe American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against a Kansas school district, claiming that it violated students’ free speech rights.
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