Category:Free speech

C

• [+] Copyright‎ (73 articles; 3 subcategories)

E

• [×] Everybody Draw Mohammed Day‎ (4 articles)

F

• [+] Free speech activists‎ (0 articles; 2 subcategories)

F cont.

• [+] Freedom of the press‎ (25 articles; 1 subcategory)

R

• [×] Reporters Without Borders‎ (33 articles)

S

• [×] Stop Online Piracy Act‎ (5 articles)

S cont.

• [+] Streisand effect‎ (14 articles; 3 subcategories)

T

• [×] The Pirate Bay‎ (19 articles)

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• "Donkey" bloggers facing jail sentence in Azerbaijan

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• 'Bad language' at Live 8 concerts trigger complaints to the BBC
• 'Blaspheming' movie should be prohibited says Iran government
• 'Expelled' fair use upheld
• 'Stop being so damn respectful' say free speech supporters in London

A

• Aaron Swartz arrested and charged for downloading JSTOR articles
• ACLU commemorates anniversary of US Supreme Court decision on student free speech
• ACLU President Strossen on religion, drugs, guns and impeaching George Bush
• Air New Zealand movie censored the word God
• ALA observes banned book week
• All major American TV networks show charity concert for Katrina victims
• Alleged 'rights group' involved with removal of anti-Scientology videos from YouTube doesn't exist; says EFF
• Alleged 'rights group' tries to have 4,000 anti-Scientology videos removed from YouTube
• Alleged racist tram ranter remanded after court hearing
• Amateur sex video stirs controversy on Internet
• American Indian Movement protests against Professor Ward Churchill
• Amnesty International tells Iran to free imprisoned journalists
• An interview with Jimbo Wales
• An interview with Jimbo Wales/Color-free
• Annoying someone online becomes federal crime
• Anti-ACTA activists protest across Europe
• Anti-censorship developers targeting China's "Great Firewall"
• Anti-Scientology protest material removed from YouTube following threats of legal action
• Apple concerned with iPhone icons' alleged misuse
• Associated Press goes after bloggers for copyright violation
• Attorney General vetos release of Prince Charles correspondence
• Australian art gallery raided by police; photographer faces possible indecency charge
• Australian Big Brother cleared of breaching content laws
• Australian columnist 'offended, insulted, humiliated' fair-skinned Aborigines
• Australian Federal Police say Wikileaks committed no crime
• Australian Government passes new terror laws
• Australian government to censor 3G mobile content
• Australian government to provide Internet filters for families
• Australian government to review censorship of "hate material"
• Australian Internet filters "belated": Opposition
• Australian writer Harry Nicolaides jailed for three years for insulting Thai Royal Family
• Author of Wikipedia character assassination takes responsibility
• Authorities contacted after school death threat made on Wikipedia
• Authorities search home of owner of German Wikileaks domain

B

• Baghdad TV station shut down for showing Saddam mourners
• Ban on YouTube spreads to Google services in Turkey
• Banned film 'The Profit' appears on Web
• BBC Radio 1 reverses "faggot" ruling hours after initial ban
• BBC to play 'four to five seconds' of Thatcher protest song
• Berlin court issues provisional order against the Wikimedia Foundation
• Berlin court repeals preliminary injunction against Wikimedia Germany
• Bi-directional Censorship from the Great Firewall of China
• Bloggers sued by pro-government Malaysian newspaper
• Blogspot ban lifted in Pakistan
• BrasilTelecom blocks YouTube
• British Business Secretary Cable stripped of powers after 'totally unacceptable and inappropriate' comments
• British ISPs restrict access to Wikipedia amid child pornography allegations
• British MP reveals Fred Goodwin superinjunction

C

• California bans sale of violent video games to minors
• California student arrested in criminal threats made on Wikipedia
• California's violent video game ban law ruled unconstitutional by US Court of Appeals
• Canada bans "Where the Bloody Hell are you?" ad
• Canadian law proposes to ban spitting, swearing and urinating in public
• Chilean deputy's 'homophobic' comment on Facebook causes controversy
• China censors, arrests Catholics in wake of Pope's death
• China ends retaliation on social media sites
• China forbids 50 electronic games
• China lifts ban on non-Chinese versions of Wikipedia
• China loosens press restrictions
• China reinstates ban on Wikimedia after short-lived loosening
• China targets Google, Baidu and Internet portals over porn
• Chinese ban on Wikipedia lifted for now

C cont.

• Chinese block of Wikimedia enters tenth week
• Chinese bloggers on Microsoft's MSN now face regulation of censors
• Chinese media face fines for disaster reporting
• Chinese party elders denounce media censorship
• Chinese rioters storm Japanese embassy in Beijing
• Chinese version of Wikinews gets blocked in China
• Chinese Wikipedia unblocked across China
• Chinese Wikipedia unblocked by government
• Chomsky book banned from Guantanamo Bay
• Christian protesters try to disrupt first Hindu prayer in US Senate
• Church of Scientology warns Wikileaks over documents
• Civil unrest in Iranian cities after Ahmadinejad declares victory
• CNN banned from Iran after misquoting president
• CNN journalist fired for controversial Twitter message
• Complaints lodged, police helpless as "boobs on bikes" parade happens in New Zealand
• Controversy erupts over German Anarchist Pogo Party's campaign ad
• Court issues YouTube block in Turkey
• Craigslist sued for hosting discriminatory housing ads
• Creator of website satirizing Glenn Beck on winning domain name case
• Crucifixes can be displayed in state schools, European court rules

D

• David Cameron responds to rioting, promises changes on policing
• Demonstrations planned to protest internet censorship in Finland
• Dutch pedophiles set to go political

E

• Egypt anti-government protests continue, Internet shut down
• Egypt protests: Army say they will not use force on demonstrators as Mubarak announces cabinet
• Egypt sentences blogger to four years for insulting Islam
• Egyptian MP calls for web porn ban
• Encyclopædia Britannica fights back against Wikipedia, soon to let users edit contents
• Entertainment Software Association says new Oklahoma law unconstitutional, plans to sue

F

• Facebook and UK government clash over tributes to killer
• Facebook blocked in Bangladesh
• Facebook takes down groups supporting Austin crash pilot
• Facebook unblocked in Bangladesh
• FBI asks Wikimedia Foundation to remove seal from websites, Wikimedia declines
• FBI recruits for "War on Porn"
• Files will risk 'countless' lives, Obama administration warns Wikileaks
• Finnish internet censorship critic blacklisted
• Finnish police to receive guidance on Internet 'hate speech'
• Former 'American Idol' finalist Jessica Sierra not allowed to perform for US troops
• Former USDA employee Shirley Sherrod to sue blogger Andrew Breitbart
• Former Wikileaks employee destroys unpublished leaked documents
• France bans filming of violence
• Free speech is not solicitation: American Civil Liberties Union
• Free speech restricted in New Zealand with passing of Bill, say opponents
• French broadcasters barred from saying "Facebook" or "Twitter" on air
• French police arrest two women wearing veils after burqa ban goes into effect

G

• Garry Kasparov will not run for Russian presidency
• German internet watchdog to remove URLs to 'Virgin Killer' from search engines
• German police seize Tor anonymity servers
• Getting even with the law: Wikinews interviews New York City's 'Jimmy Justice'
• Glenn Beck loses domain name case over parody website
• Golfer sues law firm over Wikipedia article defacement
• Google claims that lawsuit threatens Internet
• Google may shut down Chinese operations due to censorship and cyber attacks
• Google not accessible in some parts of China
• Google removes posts from blog critical of New Zealand government
• Google sued by thousands of authors over Google Print
• Google.cn to move search records out of China
• Graffiti game banned in Australia
• Grand Theft Auto under fire
• Greek blog aggregation service administrator jailed, service censored
• Greg Barns named Australia's Wikileaks Party national campaign director
• Guatemalan government may suspend liberties under state of emergency

H

• Habertürk media sparks outrage over woman’s murder photo in Turkey
• Halloween events banned at Moscow schools
• Hong Kong's only railway company modifies regulations
• Huge interest takes Wikileaks offline

I

• Illinois House lessens penalty for sexting
• Independent Wisconsin legislative candidate to sue over censorship of controversial description
• India seeks web crackdown after failed talks with industry
• Indian Government blocks Blogger, Typepad and Geocities
• Indian IT minister says government will not censor social media
• Indian MP demands arrest of writers reading banned novel at literature festival
• Indian Parliament irate as Russia poised to ban Bhagavad Gita
• Indiana congressional candidate Tony Zirkle defends speech at Nazi meeting
• Indonesian goverment bans pornographic sites
• Internet censorship study group reports on China
• Internet group Anonymous hacks No Cussing Club's website, owner's e-mail account
• Interview with Jimbo Wales
• Interview: Danny O'Brien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Iran accused of blocking BBC Website
• Iran bans Hollywood movies
• Iran continues to lash out at film industry
• Iran shuts down Al-Jazeera bureau
• Israel town sues Google for slander
• IWF reverses censorship of Wikipedia

J

• Journalist detained at Council of Europe human rights conference in Warsaw
• Judge dismisses copyright lawsuit against Uri Geller
• Judge rules against student blogger's First Amendment claim

K

• Koizumi offers apologies for Japan's past

L

• Law firm tries to ban new book by Cambridge Press
• Lawsuit reveals Bush Administration attempts to suppress dissent
• Libel case against Wikimedia Foundation dismissed
• Libya blocks access to Internet

M

• Malaysia bans film "The Last Communist"
• Malaysian government warns citizens about Uncyclopedia
• Malaysian Home Ministry ban approved documentary
• Man arrested for broadcasting Hezbollah television in New York
• More than 100 die in riots in Ürümqi, China
• Mormon Church warns Wikileaks over documents
• Murdoch's News Corp. Ends Automated Censorship of MySpace

N

• New Jersey teen faces child porn charges for posting nude photos of herself online
• New Zealand 'Boobs on Bikes' parade approved
• Nine killed as protests spread to Kandahar over Qur'an burning
• No prosecution for UK minor who called Scientology a 'cult'
• No un-Islamic hairdo, makeup, or ties for Iranian men

P

• Pakistan government blocks bloggers ahead of Bush visit
• Pakistan government must investigate killings and abductions of journalists, says UN
• Pakistan's ban on YouTube lifted
• Party video game banned in UK for having offensive word
• Pastor of Florida church cancels plans to burn Qur'an, later reconsiders
• Portions of Wikileaks, Wikipedia blocked in Australia
• Prayers on TV mandatory in Iran
• President Bush receives anti-free speech award
• Pressure mounts against Florida church plans to burn Qur'an
• Protesters march for free speech in New Zealand
• Protests at New York's Hamilton College over controversial professor
• Publishers seek injunction against Google Print
• Putin signs law increasing fines for illegal protestors

Q

• Quiznos restaurant chain airs controversial commercial
• Qur'an-burning pastor jailed after mosque protest barred

R

• Rallies against Feb. 1 royal coup in Nepal
• Report into whether Australian Big Brother breached online content laws to be handed down today
• Representative for ACLU tells Wikinews their opinion on lifting of Wikileaks court injunction
• Rights groups: Forcing Wikileaks.org offline raises 'serious First Amendment concerns'
• Rooney and Ferguson face inquiry over unsightly language
• Russia considering libel suits over reporting on Litvinenko
• Russian court rejects move to ban Hindu scripture
• Russian scholars call on Medvedev and Putin to defend Bhagavad Gita

S

• Salman Rushdie may not attend literature festival in India following widespread protests
• Sam Brownback on running for President, gay rights, the Middle East and religion
• Satirical website criticizes Glenn Beck for 'hypocritical' attempts to silence free speech
• Saudi Arabia blocks access to Blogger, Flickr, LiveJournal