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Internet Free Speech & Censorship for K-12 Educators |
FreeSpeech.Com
The Thomas Jefferson
Center for the Protection of Free Expression
Contains a special section regarding freedom of speech in
education.
The Censorship Files
A resource committed to making more information on censorship
of the written word and of the arts available on the internet.
Censorship and the Internet Report
An issues identification paper written by David Cozac on free
speech on the Internet
CyberSpace Law Center
Links to freedom of expression web sites
Can Congress Censor
The Internet?
A paper highlighting the ideas regarding the Communications
Decency Act
Censorship and the Internet
Set of pages with links to WWW material dealing with the
question of Internet regulation and control. The site aims to cover most questions
of Internet regulation, including pornography, racism and harassment.
Computers and
Academic Freedom
A set of links related to the Internet and Academic Freedom.
PABAC
Peacefire: Youth Alliance Against Internet Censorship.
A set links and stories mostly related to Internet filtering cases in public libraries in
United States.
Freedom Forum: Free
Speech
Sponsored by the Freedom Forum, this section of the site
contains a list of all the recent freedom of speech cases and stories.
Electronic Frontier Canada's - Blue Ribbon Campaign
Free Speech Online
Personal essay about free speech online by By Gary Wium
Introduction: The Free Speech Rulebook
A good resource on the basics of free speech, not
particularly related to free speech on the Internet.
Free Speech on the Internet
An excellent list of links related to freedom of speech and
censorship on the Internet.
Hate and Freedom on
the Internet
Mostly related to how hate organizations have taken to the
Internet. Also contains some interesting notes on how other forms of media fell into
government regulation and censorship.
ACLU: Free Speech
American Civil Liberties Union's page devoted towards the
latest highlights in free speech.
Freedom Writer
On-line magazine devoted towards essays and stories related
to freedom of speech.
Citizens Internet
Empowerment Coalition
Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition (CIEC), a broad group
of Internet users, library groups, publishers, online service providers, and civil
liberties groups fighting for the future of the First Amendment and the future of free
expression in the Information age.
CRPS: Free Speech
& Censorship
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
organization's page devoted towards censorship and free speech.
Street Corners In
Cyberspace by Andrew L. Shapiro
A personal essay regarding who owns (and may control) the
Internet. A small section is devoted towards how this may affect freedom of speech
on the net.
Scientific American Explorations: Turf
Wars in Cyberspace
Scientific American's article regarding the courts decision
to bar the enforcement of the Communications Decency Act.
Gaze Surfing: Riding the Pleasure Set
Excellent article related to pornography on the Internet
Cyber Rights Under Attack!
HOT WIRED's site related to freedom of speech and censorship
on the Internet
The Center for
Democracy and Technology
Contains a section devoted towards free speech on the
Internet
Free Speech and the Internet? Congress
Hits the Delete Key
An article from People for the American Way
Federal Court Strikes Down Loudoun County
Internet Restrictions
People for the American Way's article regarding the Loudoun
Library filtering/censorship case
Free speech or
censorship on the internet?
A transcript from the ABC Radio show called "the Media
Report" from 11 April 1996
Project 2000: The Cyberporn Debate
Not a lot of information within the actual article, but
contains an excellent list of resources and other links related to the Cyberporn debate
He Says / She Says
A cross-referenced link-farm to some of the critiques of the
Rimm study of pornography on the net, and the Time article it
prompted
Yahoo! :Censorship
and the Net
Yahoo's directory related to censorship on the net
Privacy and
information access
Contains links related mostly to privacy issues and the
Internet
Two Chinese scientists jailed for
using Internet to support democracy
Web site encourages support for two Chinese dissidents who
have been imprisoned for using the Internet to advance their cause of democracy.
Rejecting Cyber-Censorship, Court
Defends Online "Marketplace of Ideas"
American Civil Liberties web site related to internet
censorship and freedom of speech.
Free
Speech Online
Part of a history project about online censorship, and a
response to our governments recent attempt to limit our right to freedom of speech.
MIT Student Association for Freedom of Expression - archives w/ writings defending freedom
of speech and expression, articles about notable cases, examples and analysis of policies
Free Speech Sites
This is an index of Free Speech web sites compiled by J.D.
Tuccille of Mining Co.com.
Some of the index links include the following:
Basics of Free Speech
The First Amendment, free speech protections and the history of the same.
Current Threats
Various plans and plots to limit peoples ability to express themselves.
Flag Desecration
Some folks love the national flag so much that they want to throw free speech safeguards to the wind in order to protect the thing.
Hate Speech
Free speech is fine as long as you don't offend anybody.
The Internet
Would-be censors see vulnerable prey in the form of this new medium.
Resist Censorship
Ideas and efforts for resisting censorship, as well as verboten material that has found a new life online.
Scorecard
How do the powers that be rate in their respect for free speech?
Sex and Pornography
The depiction of flesh and friction seems to bring out the bluenose in so many people.
EPIC: Electronic Privacy Information Center
Censorship articles
This is a site that contains articles about Censorship.
Scholastic's safe surfing guide
Scholastic has put together a web site that contains
information for teachers on safe use of the Internet
Enough is
Enough
This is an organization dedicated to protecting children and
families from the dangers of illegal Pornography and On-Line Predators.
Responsible
Free Speech
This web site promotes being responsible free speech on the
web.
Internet
Watch Foundation
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) was launched in late
September 1996 by PIPEX founder Peter Dawe to address the problem of illegal material on
the Internet, with particular reference to child pornography. It is an independent
organization to implement the proposals jointly agreed by the government, the police, the
two major UK service provider trade associations, ISPA and LINX, and Mr. Dawe. Science and
Technology Minister Ian Taylor welcomed the proposals as a major industry-led
initiative to reassure the public and business that the Internet can be a safe and secure
place to work, learn and play.
RSACi
This is an organization that rates the web. The Recreational
Software Advisory Council is an independent, non-profit organization based in Washington,
D.C, that empowers the public, especially parents, to make informed decisions about
electronic media by means of an open, objective, content advisory system. The RSACi system
provides consumers with information about the level of sex, nudity, violence, offensive
language (vulgar or hate-motivated) in software games and Web sites.
Censorship
in China
This is an article published in the Internet News. The
article is about censorship in China.