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EFF lists projects underway to protect internet speech

donal brown December 14, 2010

Electronic Freedom Foundation’s Technology Director Chris Palmer says that a number of projects are underway to reduce centralization on the Internet and improve security and accessibility for the public. -db Electronic Freedom Foundation Commentary December 14, 2010 By Chris Palmer The past few weeks have highlighted the vulnerability of centralized information systems to censorship: online speech is only as strong as the weakest intermediary. Sites hosting legitimate speech were caught up in an anti-counterfeiting raid

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Censorship: New Hampshire town keeps challenged book in curriculum for now

donal brown December 14, 2010

The school board in Bedford, New Hampshire agreed to retain the book, “Nichel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America” after a challenge from an irate parent but ordered a review of the book and its role in a course on personal finance. -db New Hampshire Union Leader December 13, 2010 By Greg Kwasnik BEDFORD, New Hampshire – A book that generated a firestorm of controversy will stay in the curriculum — for now

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Groups sue Pentagon over records of military sexual assault and harassment

donal brown December 14, 2010

The American Civil Liberties Union and a service women’s advocacy group is suing the Department of Defense for records of sexual assault and harassment in the armed forces in a campaign to get the government to provide recourse and improved benefits for victims. -db American Civil Liberties Union Press Release December 13, 2010 NEW HAVEN, CT – The Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN), the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Connecticut filed a

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Through inaction U.S. Supreme Court allows gimmicky marketing of lawyers

donal brown December 14, 2010

The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling overturning a portion of a New York law prohibiting the use of nicknames, trade names and other marketing slogans and gimmicks that might imply a lawyer’s unverifiable invincibility. -db The Christian Science Monitor December 13, 2010 By Warren Richey The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the thorny issue of how far lawyers may go when seeking to attract clients through whimsical and

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Federal judge rules Securities and Exchange Commission can keep secret the names of porn-viewing employees

donal brown December 13, 2010

A Colorado federal judge denied the request of a Denver attorney for the identities of SEC employees caught viewing pornographic websites during working hours. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press December 9, 2010 By Christine Beckett The names and job descriptions of Securities and Exchange Commission employees who were caught viewing pornography at work will remain a secret, a federal district judge ruled Tuesday in Colorado. Denver attorney Kevin Evans requested the

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