free speech
RSS free speechAmnesty: ISPs must safeguard free speech
News The human rights group Amnesty International has called on ISPs to do more to protect free speech online. So far, more than 60,000 people have signed the site's pledge to protect freedom of speech on the net. [20 Feb 2007]
FriendsReunited and the free speech debate
Comment So where would advocates of free speech draw the line? Of course child abuse should never go unreported but it sets too dangerous a precedent to declare open season on all teachers leaving pupils past and present free to slander them unjustifiably. [14 Nov 2001]
Electronic Commerce and Free Speech
White Paper For commercial purveyors of digital speech, information and entertainment, the biggest threat posed by the Internet isn't the threat of piracy, but the threat posed by free speech -- speech that doesn't cost any money. [23 Mar 2004]
YouTube vs Viacom: 'It's about free speech' - Google
News Michael Kwun, managing counsel for litigation at Google, said in a briefing with reporters at Google's California headquarters: "We think YouTube offers the world's leading platform for entertainment, education and free speech. [01 May 2007]
Yahoo!'s free speech suit dismissed by US court
News In a case that pits European restrictions on "hate speech" against the values of free expression enshrined by the US' First Amendment, a slender 6-5 majority of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Yahoo! [13 Jan 2006]
Free speech at risk online, says study
News Website owners and remix artists alike are finding free-expression rights squelched because of ambiguities in copyright law, a recent study says. The report, released Monday by a pair of free-expression advocates at New York University Law School's... [06 Dec 2005]
The best of 'Reader Comments': The great cookie debate and FriendsReunited - the free speech angle
Comment This week we also brought you more about popular site FriendsReunited, including our view on its free speech dilemma (http://www.silicon.com/a49133 ). From the past week, here we present reactions to a story we ran about the EU curtailing websites... [16 Nov 2001]
Ryanair staff get 'free speech' website
News Staff at budget airline Ryanair have been set up with a website where they can make their feelings about their employer felt, located at www.ryan-be-fair.org. The site, still in 'holding page' mode, is backed by the International Transport Workers... [31 Aug 2004]
British pensioner still suffering for free speech
News A UK pensioner is still stuck in US prison after refusing to remove slanderous statements from his website which referred to a retirement home that threw him out on the streets. Paul Trummel, a 70-year-old man who moved from the UK to the US in... [07 Jun 2002]
eBay outlaws free speech on discussion boards
News eBay has laid down a new set of laws to radically reform the use of its discussion boards. Surfers will now be prevented from using community discussion boards to post warnings about companies who have ripped people off or, conversely... [18 Apr 2002]
UK keeps global net censorship ticking over
News Far from being a haven for civil liberties and free speech, it seems the web is now prey to increasing monitoring and restrictions, according to a global study into internet censorship released today. [19 Sep 2003]
Google U-turn in Scientology row
News Google has been forced to reinstate a link to an anti-scientology website following pressure from free speech advocates. But by Thursday the link to the site was restored just before Google was due to meet with free speech activists who were... [22 Mar 2002]
Leader: Who wants to test bloggers' new 'dodge jail' measures?
Leader Free-speech advocates at French organisation Reporters Without Borders have compiled a booklet to inform bloggers and journalists in countries with heavy-handed censorship how to get their message out safely. [23 Sep 2005]
Network Associates can't gag users, says judge
News In a victory for free-speech advocates and product reviewers, a New York state judge has ruled that Network Associates can't prevent people from talking about its products. The case doesn't necessarily have any immediate legal impact outside of New... [20 Jan 2003]
Yahoo! back in court to defend Nazi memorabilia sales
News sees as its constitutional right to free speech on the net. looks likely to gain support from US-based civil liberties groups as it defends its right for free speech and to run content uncensored under national jurisdictions. [11 Jun 2001]
