Freedom of Speech - Bibliography

Freedom of Speech - Bibliography

"Norwegian jailed for Web racism", Cable News Network, April 23, 2002 Posted: 11:46 AM EDT (1546 GMT)
OPINION, By Lisa Napoli, MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR, April 4, 2002 -
Fish hobbyists on the Internet have been gurgling about something other than their tanks lately. It has to do with freedom of speech, and it impacts all of us who log on. WHEN DAN RESLER complained last May on the Aquatic Plant Digest about a bad experience he had with PetsWarehouse.com, he didn't know it would cost him $4,150. Nor did he know he'd become a symbol of the right to speak one's mind on the Internet.
The limits on freedom of speech at work, Fair Measures Corp., 01-10-02
"U.S. Gr. 6 student suspended over blue hair - School says student's hair colour a potential distraction", Toronto Star, Apr. 29, 2002. 09:47 AM.
"Feds Ease Rules on Kid Porn Charges", By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, 17 April 2002.
Florida Community Can't Shut Down 'Voyeur Dorm', by CARL S. KAPLAN, New York Times, October 5, 2001.
Industry Guidance On the Commission's Case Law Interpreting 18 U.S.C. § 1464 and Enforcement Policies Regarding Broadcast Indecency, FCC File No. EB-00-IH-0089: POLICY STATEMENT, Adopted: March 14, 2001 Released: April 6, 2001 (pdf)
"Free speech and the map of the distribution of caribou calving areas", From: POLITECH, 17 March 2001.
An update on the Nuremberg Files/Baby Butchers Case, 30 march 2001.
"Internet Filters Used to Shield Minors Censor Speech, Critics Say", by JOHN SCHWARTZ, New York Times, March 19, 2001.
"Virginia Court's Decision in Online 'John Doe' Case Hailed by Free-Speech Advocates", by CARL KAPLAN, New York Times, March 16, 2001.
Supreme Court Lets Stand Computer Anti-Porn Law by James Vicini WASHINGTON (Reuters), Monday January 8 11:39 AM ET
Freedom of Speech also involves the freedom to travel and to work. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) passed a resolution supporting the free exchange of information between scientists. (June 25, 1999)
Is the web site that lists State sites that identify convicted sex offenders itself an example of "Cyberhate"?
"How the Christian Right Came to Fund a Free Speech Case", Marcia Coyle, The National Law Journal, October 26, 1999.
While the following event is not necessarily computer-related, it is significant in that it is an event that attempts to counteract the activities of hate that arise from homophobic attitudes. The problem being solved here is a prime example of the concept of "ideas have consequences".
"Hecklers: Falwell betrays his calling; Falwell, gay group open new dialogue" by Cody Lowe, THE ROANOKE TIMES, Sunday, October 24, 1999.
"Protection of Children From On -Line Predators and Exploitation Act of 1999" is currently under consideration in Congress.
"The Child Online Protection Act: Decency and the Internet: Revisited", by Carol M. Morrissey, CongressLine, 99/02/15.
In Oct., 1998, Congress passed and President Clinton signed into law a new "sequel" to the unconstitutional Communications Decency Act called the Child Online Protect Act. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and others are challenging this new law. The challenge resulted in a Philadelphia Judge barring enforcement of Child Online Protection Act and thus EFF concluding that "Netizens [are] Safe from Prosecution Under Net Censorship Law" (1 February 1999).
The Campaign for On-Line Freedom of Expression, organized by the Electronic Freedom Foundation, has some interesting international aspects. (Last accessed 99/10/12)
Virginia enacted a local "Computer Decency Act" in April 1999, that is currently under challenge.
"High Court Upholds Law Banning 'Obscene' E-Mail: Justices Deny First Amendment Protection", by Joan Biskupic, Washington Post Staff Writer, Tuesday, April 20, 1999; Page A02.
The Free Speech Museum
"Tension rises for abortion doctors", by Lynne K. Varner, Seattle Times staff reporter, Friday, October 30, 1998.
White Nationalist Resource page.
An intended mirror site for the Nuremberg Files, but with second thoughts (perhaps) an excellent analysis and resource without replication.
Comments on the Nuremberg Files from Stanford University, CS 201 class.
Paramedic Fired for Web site sues for $1 million and job, The Roanoke Times, Friday, Nov. 20, 1998, page B4.
"Hate can not drive out hate, only love can do that." - Martin Luther King, "Strength to Love", p. 51.
In First Loss for Online Free Speech, Appeals Court Gags Virginia State Employees, February 1999.
Ruling against anti-abortion website raises storm in US over rights. The anti-abortionists who ran the 'Nuremburg Files' website were fined $ 105 million this week. The Irish Times, February 4, 1999
New Cyber-Censorship Law Would Fracture Internet, Experts and Web Owners Testify, ACLU, January 20, 1999
Judge Halts Enforcement of COPA Internet Censorship Law, EFF, PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10, 1998
Amongst the current events (8 January 1999) is the case being constructed against the Christian Gallery charging them with inciting murder through their web page entitled "The Nuremburg Files". A report from the Washington Post outlines the issue. A listing of additional newspaper articles relating to the case are included at the bottom of Nuremburg Files page.
CHINA--ENGINEER AND PHYSICIST IMPRISONED, EFF, 10 December 1998.
"Protecting Kids Online - A FamilyPC News Primer: The Children's Online Protection Act and You", by Mary Louise Schumacher, ZDNet, undated. To comply with the new Children's Online Privacy Protection Act that's just gone into effect, popular Web sites like Yahoo! and Disney have spent a lot of time and money to revamp the way they deal with their preteen audiences.
"Protecting Your Children on the Internet", by Ira Winkler, ZDTV, undated. As COPA (Children's Online Protection Act), the new version of the CDA, comes into law, politicians greet it as a victory for decency. It's really a sign of the cluelessness of law makers. They claim that they want to protect children. The reality is that they are creating laws because people are just not doing their job as parents.
"How many hate sites are on the Internet? How many hate groups have web sites? How much hate crime in Canada is anti-Semitic? How much hate crime is targeted towards gay and lesbian people? ", media awareness network, Canada, last accessed 2000/03/16.
"BUILDING DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE ...constructing moral barriers against hate", Center for New Community's Building Democracy Initiative Website, last accessed 2000/03/16.
Freedom of Speech also involves the freedom to travel and to work. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) passed a resolution supporting the free exchange of information between scientists. (June 25, 1999)
"How the Christian Right Came to Fund a Free Speech Case", Marcia Coyle, The National Law Journal, October 26, 1999.
"Protection of Children From On -Line Predators and Exploitation Act of 1999" is currently under consideration in Congress.
"The Child Online Protection Act: Decency and the Internet: Revisited", by Carol M. Morrissey, CongressLine, 99/02/15.
In Oct., 1998, Congress passed and President Clinton signed into law a new "sequel" to the unconstitutional Communications Decency Act called the Child Online Protect Act. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and others are challenging this new law. The challenge resulted in a Philadelphia Judge barring enforcement of Child Online Protection Act and thus EFF concluding that "Netizens [are] Safe from Prosecution Under Net Censorship Law" (1 February 1999).
The Campaign for On-Line Freedom of Expression, organized by the Electronic Freedom Foundation, has some interesting international aspects. (Last accessed 99/10/12)
Virginia enacted a local "Computer Decency Act" in April 1999, that is currently under challenge.
"High Court Upholds Law Banning 'Obscene' E-Mail: Justices Deny First Amendment Protection", by Joan Biskupic, Washington Post Staff Writer, Tuesday, April 20, 1999; Page A02.
The Free Speech Museum
April 1999 Decision on Freedom of Speech and Cryptography by Michael Froomkin, Professor of Law, U.Miami School of Law.
Sysadmins and Free Speech: A discussion of how the actions of systems administrators affect the free speech rights of their users, Northwestern University.
Views on the Censorship of Feminine Art, Northwestern University.
Free Speech and the Availability of Bomb-Making Information on the Internet, Northwestern University.
"Freedom of Speech Comtroversies", Northwestern University; a collection of links.
The Free Speech Museum
Mirror sites for the Nuremburg Files:
- Second Coming Technology's Forum & Support Area For The Nuremberg Files! Last Update: Saturday March 13, 1999.
Journalist sentenced in child porn case, by Courtney Macavinta, Staff Writer, CNET News.com, March 8, 1999.
Paramedic Fired for Web site sues for $1 million and job, The Roanoke Times, Friday, Nov. 20, 1998, page B4.
In First Loss for Online Free Speech, Appeals Court Gags Virginia State Employees, February 1999.
Ruling against anti-abortion website raises storm in US over rights. The anti-abortionists who ran the 'Nuremburg Files' website were fined $ 105 million this week. The Irish Times, February 4, 1999
Murder or Free Speech? Web Site Won't Back Down in Abortion Fight, by Lawrence Viele, The Fulton County Daily Report, Monday, February 8, 1999
Jury verdict chills free speech, Roanoke Times, Friday, February 05, 1999.
New Cyber-Censorship Law Would Fracture Internet, Experts and Web Owners Testify, ACLU, January 20, 1999
Judge Halts Enforcement of COPA Internet Censorship Law, EFF, PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10, 1998
Amongst the current events (8 January 1999) is the case being constructed against the Christian Gallery charging them with inciting murder through their web page entitled "The Nuremburg Files". A report from the Washington Post outlines the issue. A listing of additional newspaper articles relating to the case are included at the bottom of Nuremburg Files page.
CHINA--ENGINEER AND PHYSICIST IMPRISONED, EFF, 10 December 1998.
A Case of Spam and Free Speech at Intel by PAMELA MENDELS, December 11, 1998 [NY Times -- you will have to get an id and password, but it is free and instantaneous.]
The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights statement on freedom of opinion and expression
CyberSpace Law Center: Freedom of Expression: Cyberhate
There is a movement, led by Senator Coats (Indiana) to re-introduce amendment to the Communications Act of 1934 to re-implement the Computer Decency Act that was rejected by the Supreme Court in 1997.
Letter to Senators re above from the Center for Democracy and Technology.
The case of Jake Baker at the University of Michigan, that was eventually thrown out of court.
A similar case, though not as well known, occurred at the University of Santa Rosa, California.
The home page for the MIT Student Association for Freedom of Expression (SAFE) may be very useful.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington DC has links that may be useful.
Page from MIT 6.805/STS085: Readings on Computer Communications and Freedom of Expression
The (now) Annual Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy is an excellent source of materials on this topic.
A collection of articles from Washington University at St. Louis.