What's more disturbing -- that teens are texting each other naked pictures of themselves, or that it could get them branded as sex offenders for life?
By Tracy Clark-Flory Feb 20, 2009
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China gained 88 million Internet users in 2008. Online political dissent also jumped. That can't be an accident.
By Andrew Leonard
January 14, 2009
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Bravo to Chris Matthews for speaking out against the Bush administration's policies of stifling free speech.
By Joe Conason
September 21, 2007
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How the Roberts-led Supreme Court is setting the stage for bureaucrats to shape American culture from the top down.
By Garrett Epps
June 29, 2007
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A Colorado University sophomore keeps the ACLU in business.
By Chris Colin
November 10, 2006
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Nasty, nativist and pandering to the worst in America? Sure. But overstepping the bounds of the First Amendment? Uh, nope.
By Andrew Leonard
April 29, 2008
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Does featuring Minutemen on his show make Dobbs a purveyor of hate speech? And should the man be surprised that some critics call him a bigot?
By Andrew Leonard
February 5, 2008
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A Northern Kentucky University antiabortion display gets defiled by pro-choice students.
By Rebecca Traister
April 16, 2006
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By caving in to fanatics over the Danish cartoons, the West has shown that it is not only gutless but brainless.
By Doug Marlette
February 24, 2006
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The Supreme Court's refusal to hear the Cooper-Miller case will do more than hurt two reporters -- it will erode the press's ability to cover sensitive stories.
By Farhad Manjoo
June 28, 2005
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Why were we forced out of Bush's Social Security talk? And why won't the White House identify that fake Secret Service agent who stopped us?
By Leslie Weise
April 25, 2005
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Activists who beat back the FCC on media consolidation are dismayed to find former allies leading an unprecedented effort to restrict radio and TV content.
By Eric Boehlert
April 14, 2005
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An Army sergeant in Iraq who wrote a highly critical article on the administration's conduct of the war is being investigated for disloyalty -- if charged and convicted, he could get 20 years.
By Eric Boehlert
September 29, 2004
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With the government escalating its war on radio free speech, the shock jock's days are numbered.
By Eric Boehlert
April 14, 2004
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The government tells the Supreme Court that Web publishers should relax -- a Web censorship law only applies to the "worst" porn peddlers. But why should we trust it?
By Scott Rosenberg
March 3, 2004
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A leading maker of computer election equipment defends itself in court against charges that it overreached itself in trying to stifle critics.
By Farhad Manjoo
February 10, 2004
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A federal judge says computer games don't deserve First Amendment protection. His decision is wrong, stupid and dangerous.
By Wagner James Au
May 6, 2002
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William Harvey discovered the limits of free speech when he paraded a block away from ground zero with a poster of Osama bin Laden.
By Christopher Ketcham
April 8, 2002
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A legal dispute between online aquatic plant enthusiasts and a pet supply store illustrates the perils of casual opining on the Web.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
April 4, 2002
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A Texas journalist speaks out after being fired for criticizing President Bush.
By Tom Gutting
October 1, 2001
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We are fighting for freedom -- including the right to vigorously debate. But the war fever crowd wants us all to march in step.
By David Talbot
September 29, 2001
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Kids are getting arrested for raunchy online bullying. It's definitely offensive, but is it against the law?
By Amy Benfer
July 3, 2001
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First Amendment attorney and author Marjorie Heins argues that obscenity laws do children more harm than good.
By Amy Benfer
June 11, 2001
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Thrilled to hear David Horowitz's pronouncement that "campus censors are on the run," I try a little free speech of my own -- at Bob Jones U. and other conservative schools.
By David Mazel
April 27, 2001
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Will Rotten.com -- home of the Web's most gruesome, explicit and utterly tasteless photographs -- ever be kicked offline?
By Janelle Brown
March 5, 2001
The new pornographers
A Chinese blog explosion
Taser nation
Free speech for the rich and powerful
Have you heard my rape joke?
Them damn pictures
A bitter defeat for the press
A "volunteer" police state
Indecency wars
Howard Stern unplugged
Playing games with free speech
Killing the messenger
Free speech and the Internet: A fish story
Democracy held hostage
Cyber slammed
Banning censorship
Right-wing colleges reject "God is an abortionist" ads
The Internet's public enema No. 1
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