AltWeeklies Wire
Blogger Busted: Free Speech Goes on Trial in Central Illinoisnew
Scott Humphrey, a 57-year-old man from Springfield, Ill., faces four criminal misdemeanor charges for two specific online statements that he made on a political blog. Sources say civil suits and criminal charges will increasingly be used to stop speech on the internet.
Illinois Times |
Amanda Robert |
10-15-2009 |
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Virginia College Newspapers Get OK'd for Booze Adsnew
U.S. District Magistrate Judge Hannah Lauck ruled that a Virginia law banning ads for alcohol in student newspapers and another that limits words in ads violate the First Amendment.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
04-09-2008 |
Media
Arizona Lawmaker Goes After Campus Pressnew
Russell Pearce, a member of the Salt Lake City-based Mormon Church, put language in this year's state budget bill to eliminate funding for campus publications in Arizona because they have run stories and photographs he considers offensive.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
03-22-2005 |
Media
Terrorist TV?new
A San Francisco broadcaster is forced to drop Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV network after State Department labels it "terrorist."
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Camille T. Taiara |
02-23-2005 |
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