Tagged: Censorship

December 10, 2019

The Dark Road of Censorship

The only answer — not just to the porn but to all of it — is “No”. No to every last stinking piece of it. No to porn bans. No to FOSTA. No to control of Facebook. No to censorship of Twitter. No to government crackdowns on “fake news”. No to laws on social media “addiction”. No no no no no.

Culture / Mindless Diversions

August 19, 2019

Censored By YouTube!

Maybe the cruelty to animals is that they were left out of the production.

American Politics / Culture / Movies / Politics / TV and Movies

August 12, 2019

Universal Pictures Should Not Cancel “The Hunt”

Is the current political climate too fragile to withstand the release of the violent satire film “The Hunt”? That’s a question best left to American consumers, not the president or his friends in the media.

Global Affairs / History

June 4, 2019

This Post Won’t Be Read in China

June the 4th marks 30 years since dreams of democracy were splattered across Tiananmen Square along with the blood of untold number of protestors

!Top Shelf! / Culture / Feature / Media / Politics

May 9, 2019

The Internet Needs a Town Square

The tech industry has near-total control over what we can and cannot say online. The solution? The creation of an online public space where even extremists are permitted to share their views.

Global Affairs / In The Web / Science and Technology

March 26, 2019

And Then They Came For the Memes

Those that have argued that online content providers should be regulated are about to get some real world data on what that might look like.

Culture / Media / Politics

November 26, 2018

The Martyrdom of Jesse Kelly

In banning Jesse Kelly, Twitter managed to create a martyr and shoot themselves in the foot at the same time.

Media

August 7, 2018

Alex Jones and the Consequences of Free Speech

As vile as I find Jones to be, if his First Amendment rights were being violated I would defend him and his company. But that isn’t what is happening here.

Not a Potted Plant

January 9, 2015

Why Do You Care About Free Speech?

It’s suddenly very fashionable to be a strident advocate of free speech, without giving a lot of thought into why free speech is worthy of advocacy. Burt Likko dares to offer five reasons, which surely won’t be controversial at all.

Books / The League

March 21, 2012

Skimming for the Dirty Parts – Book Censorship In Public Schools, The Enders Game Controversy, and The False Allure of Public Decency

While it is true that I stole both Brave New World and Flowers for Algernon from the public library, it should be noted for the record that I did eventually return them. Plus, it...

The League

April 23, 2010

South Park and censorship

I don’t have a lot to say about Comedy Central’s decision to apparently censor the 201st episode of South Park in its entirety. It is a cowardly, stupid and unnecessary move – one of...

The League

August 14, 2009

response to Conor

A few days ago Conor wrote: [C]able news networks should ban Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin (I haven’t listened to the other hosts enough to make a judgment one way or another)...