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Facebook Shuts Fan Page for Berlusconi Attacker

(Dec. 16) -- Facebook will monitor content on its site concerning Silvio Berlusconi in the wake of an attack on the Italian prime minster that left him with a broken and bloody nose, The New York Times reported today. Soon after the attack, Italian officials indicated they would crack down on social networking sites,...

Opinion: What's Wrong With This Picture?

Erle Rawlins III (Nov. 23) - The dry cleaning discount sign in this store window violates a Dallas ordinance on proper window signage. When Charlie Patel decided to put a 30 percent off sign in the window of his Lakeside Cleaners business in Dallas, little did he realize he would run afoul of a city law, or that he...

Palin Billboard Fight 'a Crusade' for Rights

(Nov. 12) -- Alan Herson and his son, Jeffrey, have been fighting for years for the right to build billboards in Western states. Jeffrey Herson runs commercial billboard companies. His father, an attorney, files lawsuits on his behalf. "It's a crusade," says the elder Herson, who won a landmark billboard case in Oregon in...

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After Dismissing Eurovision for Years I Can Finally See the Rights - OR - Eurovision Gave Human Rights a Platform in Azerbaijan

With the English delegation once again returning home from Eurovision with its tail between its legs following a dismal result, calls will only grow louder - by those who care - to pull out of the competition altogether and put the BBC's reported Â£300,000 contribution to better use.

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Chris Weigant: Laughable Online Censorship Attempt Won't Last a New York Minute

Republicans in the state government in Albany, N.Y., are attempting to pass a law that would ban anonymous comments on the Internet (to articles such as this one, or even to websites such as the one you're reading this on now).

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The New American Order: Using Weapons of Compliance to Stamp Out Protest

"I was astonished, bewildered. This was America, a country where, whatever its faults, people could speak, write, assemble, demonstrate without fear. It was in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights. We were a democracy... But I knew it wasn't a dream; there was a painful lump on the side of my head... The state and its...

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Marianne Mollmann: Internet Restrictions: How Much Should We Worry About Our Freedom of Information?

Last week, several video-sharing websites were blocked by the two main Internet service providers in India in response to a court order related to movie piracy.

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Montana Citizens United Battle Heats Up

Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending.

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05/29/12 Timeline: Anonymous hackers in India Source: moneycontrol.com From being mere spectators to the blocking of websites, restricted freedom of speech and Internet protests happening across the world, Indian Internet users have now begun to get a taste of government taking control over their Internet activities.
05/28/12 Lawyer: Bahraini activist to end hunger strike Source: Houma Today - Houma LA Attorney Mohamed al-Jishi said that al-Khawaja decided to begin eating again because his strike succeeded in bringing attention to the cause of Bahraini protesters agitating for political change.
05/28/12 Memorial Day -- A Teachable Moment Source: Duluth Patch - Duluth GA Once the solemn ceremonies have all passed and the flags have been folded and put away, what remains of Memorial Day is...a memory.
05/28/12 Free speech and rugged individualism Source: IOL In the fiasco surrounding the painting of President Jacob Zuma's genitals, we witness a narrative suggesting universal assumptions about the proper scope of freedom of speech (including satire and art).
05/28/12 After Dismissing Eurovision for Years I Can Finally... Source: The Huffington Post With the English delegation once again returning home from Eurovision with its tail between its legs following a dismal result, calls will only grow louder - by those who care - to pull out of the competition altogether and put the BBC's reported Â£300,000 contribution to better use.