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- 4Censorship - Guide to censorship issues, annotated links, from 4anything.com
www.4censorship.com
- A Brief History of Banned Music in the United States - A selective on-line chronicle of popular music that has been censored, banned, suppressed, or altered against the wishes of its creators.
ericnuzum.com/banned
- Academic Freedom in USA - The U.S. Supreme Court says that academic freedom is part of the First Amendment rights, but -- in practice -- courts give little protection to individual professors. Authors conclusion: professors' rights to free speech are and should be governed by school administration.
www.rbs2.com/afree.htm
- Arizona newspaper web info on what was NOT published - Unique opportunity to see what is left out of newspapers through an innovative approach. These editors will show you what they did NOT print.
www.benton.org/Library/WAS2/journalism.html
- Article 19 - the International Centre Against Censorship - Named after Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19 works worldwide to combat censorship by promoting freedom of expression and access to official information through local partners and a global law program.
www.article19.org
- Ban the Bible - A personal essay: the Christian Bible is just as controversial and inappropriate as, say, Harry Potter or The Catcher in the Rye.
www.msu.edu/~olseneri/banit.html
- Banned Books On-Line - A list of some great works of literature that have been banned at some point.
www.cs.cmu.edu/People/spok/banned-books.html
- Censorship - The history of censorship from ancient to contemporary.
www.pages.drexel.edu/~pss24/censorship/censorship.htm
- Censorship Alert by FACT - FACT - the First Amendment Cyber Tribute has compiled a list of censorship issues that challenge the First Amendment.
w3.trib.com/FACT/1st.censor.alert.html
- Censorship Project - Ohio University's CALL Lab hosts this site with issues, definitions, annotated links about Censorship.
www.tcom.ohiou.edu/OU_Language/project/censorship.html
- Courage in Student Journalism Awards - Awards presented to five students who have "shown determination, despite difficulty and resistance, in exercising their First Amendment press rights".
www.freedomforum.org/newsstand/1999/5/6csja.asp
- Equality in Florida - Ten Women Sue for Right to be topfree/topless in Brevard County Florida, seeking equality and liberty and equal rights via lawsuit against patriarchy. Please help support freedom.
www.legalfreedom.com/topfree
- Feminists Against Censorship - Not all feminists support the censorship of sexual media - a look at feminists opposing censorship.
www.fiawol.demon.co.uk/FAC
- Free Speech Coalition - Trade association for the adult entertainment industry. Includes news and legal information on censorship and freedom of expression.
www.freespeechcoalition.com
- Freedom of Speech, Shielding Children, and Transcending Balancing - Prof. Eugene Volokh, UCLA Law School provides intelligent review of major issues in "cyber law" and free speech.
www.law.ucla.edu/Faculty/volokh/shield.htm
- Games Censorship Collection - Provides a summary of issues and an annotated, critical bibliography relevant to Australian computer games censorship. Debates for and against computer games censorship.
anthonylarme.tripod.com/gc/index.html
- Heckler's Veto & Free Speech - Review of "heckler's veto" in USA and legal discussion of the justification for freedom of speech used by the U.S. Supreme Court in the "marketplace of ideas" metaphor.
www.rbs2.com/heckler.htm
- Index on Censorship - Index on Censorship is a bi-monthly magazine for free speech
www.oneworld.org/index_oc/index.html#Social
- Index on Censorship - Covers news and issues related to freedom of expression throughout the world.
www.indexoncensorship.org
- Is Pornography Legal? - Database of community standards. The First Ammendment only protects free speech in those communities where the speech is not seen as "obscene."
www.ispornlegal.com
- Judicial Activism and Pornography. - Essay arguing that judicial activists invented First Amendment protection for pornography.
djconnol.home.att.net/Obscenity.html
- kidSPEAK! - Includes how to fight against censorship of Harry Potter and other censorship, censorship IQ test, participating bookstores, news, and membership form.
www.kidspeakonline.org
- Machine Age: FBI's Shutter Speed - The Monitor: FBI's Shutter Speed by Mark Boal. Subversive Filmmaker Attracts the Wrong Kind of Agent. [The Village Voice]
www.villagevoice.com/issues/9947/boal.shtml
- Mark Twain on Book Banning: Huckleberry Finn to Eve's Diary - Mark Twain's responses to the banning of his books, expressed in letters and interviews.
www.boondocksnet.com/twainwww/twain_banned.html
- Mathaba Net's Censorship Links - Large number of web links on the issue of censorship, most but not all are in English. No annotations or explanations.
mathaba.net/www/censorship
- Morality in Media - National interfaith organization established in 1962 to combat obscenity and to uphold decency standards in the media. MIM maintains the National Obscenity Law Center, a clearinghouse for legal materials on obscenity law.
www.netcom.com/~mimnyc/index.html
- One Million Lies - Site opposes the American Family Association opinions on censorship of television.
millionlies.tripod.com
- Philip Atkinson defines and explains civilization - He aims to give the subject a simplicity and clarity which is enhanced by utilising contemporary rather than historical evidence.
www.ourcivilisation.com
- Playing Around with Barbie Doll - Legal scholar explains how modern icons are unassailable because of corporate power to restrain others from publicly making fun of the symbols.
www.kentlaw.edu/student_orgs/jip/Vol1No1/barbie.htm
- Political Correctness - An explanation of the nature, origin and impact of Political Correctness
www.ourcivilisation.com/pc.htm
- Project Censored - Explores and publicizes censorship in our society by locating important stories about which the public should be aware but is not, for one reason or another.
www.sonoma.edu/ProjectCensored
- Rock Out Censorship - Fighting censors of popular music. Contains information on the organization, lists 'friends' and 'enemies' of the fight, and outlines how you can help.
www.theroc.org
- September Morn - The story of how Harry Reichenbach tricked the smutbusting decency czar Anthony Comstock
www.syntac.net/hoax/septmorn.php
- Taboo Or To View - Proposes reasons to fight UK censorship which they call, institutional hypocrisy. Cites examples of unfair treatment of individual selling adult films.
www.allgo.free-online.co.uk
- Tabula Rasa: The C Word - Articles and a timeline of censorship.
www.tabula-rasa.info/Horror/Censorship.html
- The Anti-Pornography League - A group dedicated to the fight against pornography and its negative effects.
www.angelfire.com/art/antipornography
- The Evil Gamer - Dedicated to fighting censorship in all its forms, but especially in entertainment and hobbies.
www.evilgamer.org
- The File Room - This landmark work of digital art by Antonio Muntadas is an interactive database of cultural censorship throughout history.
www.thefileroom.org
- The Free Expression Policy Project - To provide empirical research and policy development on tough censorship issues and seek free speech-friendly solutions to the concerns that drive censorship campaigns.
www.fepproject.org
- The Free Speech Rulebook - Jonathon Blumen provides thoughtful discussion about roots and current status of free speech.
www.spectacle.org/296/rulebk.html
- The Mind Police - Some opinions on censorship in the media, in particular when it comes to education.
fateseeker.tripod.com/censorship.html
- The National Coalition Against Censorship - NCAC aims to educate and mobilize the community against acts of censorship.
www.ncac.org
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