Tag: free speech
Cyber bullying troubles Indiana middle school
Griffith Middle School in Indiana is the newest battleground in the dispute over cyber bullying. After three students were expelled for using Facebook to describe plans to kill other students and one teacher, the ACLU sued the school for infringing on the students' freedom of speech....
In India, free speech a wavering ideal
Dozens of books have been banned in India because of their themes and topics. The country is trying to get Google and Facebook to devise a means of pre-filtering religiously objectionable content. All this, taken together, has many saying the country's freedom of speech is disappearing....
Press freedom hard to come by in South Sudan
The new constitution of South Sudan is one of the most progressive in Africa. It guarantees freedom of the press, however in practice, reality is very different....
Free speech heroes and villains
A lawyer specializing in the First Amendment talks about the current heroes and threats to the freedom of speech....
Turkey's war against smut, even in cyberspace
The government in Turkey is turning more conservative, as officials try to stamp out obscenity in real life and on the internet. ...
British town bans curse words
Residents of Barnsley, England, can be fined up to $130 for swearing on the street....
Turkey to increase internet filtering, possible censorship
Turkey often presents itself as the leading democracy of the Middle East, but internet censorship there is about to get worse....
Egypt's Coptic Christians want a voice
After the protests in Tahrir Square, Egypt's Coptic Christians want a more equal voice in the new Egyptian government, too. ...
Tunisia: New freedoms for speech and press
Speech and press freedoms are new for Tunisia. With president Ben Ali gone, they're now being allowed to flourish....
Egypt's low-tech solutions to high-tech censorship
When the Egyptian government shut down the internet, activists turned to low-tech ways to make their voices heard....
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