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French president’s proposal threatens Internet freedom

donal brown March 26, 2012

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is proposing that anyone regularly visiting websites supporting terrorism or advocating hate or violence will be arrested. First Amendment Center President Ken Paulson notes that allowing despicable viewpoints is basic to American democracy and that the proposed French law on hate websites would not survive in U.S. federal courts. -db From a commentary for the First Amendment Center, March 22, 2012, by Ken Paulson. Full story  

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PayPal curtails censorship after complaints from free speech advocates

donal brown March 15, 2012

PayPal said it would began accepting transactions involving books containing descriptions of rape, incest and bestiality. Free speech organizations had earlier protested that under PayPal policy classics such as Sophocles’ Oedipus and Ovid’s Metamorphoses would be censored. PayPal said it would still censor e-books that violated U.S. obscenity laws. -db From the Courthouse News Service, March 14, 2012, by Nick McCann. Full story    

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Opinion: Obama administration refuses to release secret memos over drone killing of U.S. citizen

donal brown February 29, 2012

After it came to light that secret legal memos existed backing a “targeted killing” policy, the Obama administration blocked the release of the memos. Writing for the Citizens Media Law Project, Justin Silverman makes a case for transparency particularly in the case that the government is hiding an important policy rationale behind a secrecy shield. -db From a commentary for the Citizens Media Law Project,  February 21, 2012, by Justin Silverman. Full story  

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Colorado legislature to consider repealing state’s criminal libel law

donal brown February 14, 2012

A Colorado legislator introduced a measure to repeal the state’s criminal libel statute. As of now a person can go to jail for publishing libel. The legislator was inspired to introduce the law by the case of a former student at the University of Colorado who posted a photo of a professor on the Internet that made the professor look like a KISS guitarist. The student spent a week in jail but the charges were

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ACLU challenges federal government on records of drone attacks killing U.S. citizens in Yemen

donal brown February 2, 2012

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Obama administration to force them to release records related to the deaths by drone attacks of three U.S. citizens in Yemen. The administration cited national security in denying the request for the documents under the Freedom of Information Act, but the ACLU said the drone program should not be allowed to operate without transparency and accountability. -db From The Washington Post, February 1, 2012, by Karen DeYoung.

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