On AlterNet: censorship

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "censorship"

A Welcome Return to Basic Decency?

David Sirota, Nation of Change. March 14, 2012.

Has America finally had its fill of bloviating right-wing hate talkers? It's possible that time has come.

The Prohibition of Ideas: Latin America's Rapidly Increasing, Historic Calls for Legalization Meet Staunch U.S. Resistance

Ethan Nadelmann, AlterNet. March 12, 2012.

Amid a dramatic turn of events in the drug policy debate, the challenge will be to sustain this momentum, even as the U.S. government works desperately to suppress it.

Why is Obama So Chicken, Unwilling to Even Address the Question of Pot and the Failed Drug War?

Erik Altieri, AlterNet. January 31, 2012.

Pot policy questions were front-and-center in the White House's "Your Interview With the President" YouTube campaign, but Obama refused to acknowledge them.

Fired for a Blog Post? A State Department Employee Explains How Sharing a Link to WikiLeaks Led to Interrogation

Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch.com. September 27, 2011.

An insider explains how he was swept up in the backwards security policies and scapegoating of the State Department.

Will Riots In The Streets Lead To Crackdowns On Internet Freedom?

Jeff Jarvis, The Guardian. August 11, 2011.

Because the internet is a form of the public, restrictions on social media could be applied to the streets (and vice versa).

Censorship at 'Fox News U'

Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. July 28, 2011.

Students at ultra-right Harding University planned a conference on poverty, but school administrators had other ideas.

America's Book Banners Are Back in Force

Lewis Beale, Miller-McCune Magazine. February 16, 2011.

"Groups are organizing around the principle that professional librarians don’t have the expertise, that they’re pushing porn on our kids."

6 Artists Who Were Banned, Censored or Arrested by Conservatives

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. January 3, 2011.

With a brief reprieve after the ‘90s culture wars, it looks as though the tide is shifting back in the direction of visual art censorship.

The Smithsonian's Latest Censorship Scandal Is a Decades-Old Stunt from the Right-Wing Playbook

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. December 27, 2010.

Artist David Wojnarowicz warred with conservatives 20 years ago before his death from AIDS. Is this seriously happening again?

Are the Red Shirts In Thailand Leading a Fight For Democracy Or Stirring Up a Sham Revolution?

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. May 21, 2010.

A debate between two experts on the uprising and brutal military crackdown in Bangkok.

Google to China: Drop Dead -- But What Took So Long?

Rory O'Connor, MediaChannel.org. January 13, 2010.

Does a company whose motto is "Don't Be Evil" really deserve praise for ending its longstanding cooperation with the Great Firewall of Chinese Internet control?

Human Rights Violations Persist in Honduras

Greg Grandin, AlterNet. July 28, 2009.

A preliminary human rights report shows censorship, intimidation and murder.

Censored on TV: Why Are Some Stations Keeping Pot in the Closet?

Bruce Mirken, AlterNet. July 17, 2009.

Pot has lots of medicinal and financial benefits, but TV stations still do everything they can to avoid mentioning it.

Big Business Is Aiding the Internet Crackdown in Iran and China -- Will the Technology Be Used on Americans Next?

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. June 25, 2009.

No legislation in the U.S. prevents the government from employing technology that monitors everything that goes through the Internet.

You Still Can't Buy a Vibrator in Alabama

Paul Krassner, Cleis Press . June 13, 2009.

Krassner's new book "In Praise of Indecency" attacks the taboos surrounding sex and pornography.

Why Much of Asia Didn't Hear Sean Penn's "Homo-Loving" Speech

David Flumenbaum, Huffington Post. March 3, 2009.

Networks serving over 300 million viewers in 53 countries muted, omitted or mistranslated anything gay-related in Oscars speeches.

Journalists Face Escalation of Violence

Humberto Márquez, IPS News. January 23, 2009.

"The journalistic profession is in mourning."

The Zen of Porn: If Pornography Is Everywhere, Is it Nowhere?

Shannon Rupp, The Tyee. January 22, 2009.

The ubiquity of porn has rendered it invisible for most adults. But why has pornographic imagery become such an acceptable part of public culture?

Cancer Expert Discusses Dangers of McCain's Health Record Secrecy

ZP Heller, Meet the Bloggers. October 4, 2008.

From Friday's "Meet the Bloggers."

Yet Another Obscenity Trial? We Should Be Ashamed

Dr. Marty Klein, AlterNet. August 29, 2008.

Shocking but true: An American city, in the year 2008, asked a jury to declare that a movie of adults having sex is illegal.

Art and Porn: An Interview with Editor Dian Hanson

Liz Langley, AlterNet. August 5, 2008.

Porn editor Dian Hanson on art and porn, censorship, the mainstreaming of pornography and her experience as a woman working in adult entertainment.

Why Obscenity Laws Must Be Fought

Monica Shores, $pread Magazine. July 10, 2008.

What's defined as healthy sexuality in this country is narrowly defined and schizophrenic -- and the government should not have final say.

When "Unembedded" Means "You're Fired"

Siun, Firedoglake. July 7, 2008.

Military kicks photographer out of embed program for reporting the news.

U.S. Journalist Photographs Grisly Aftermath of Attack in Iraq, Gets Booted by Military

Dahr Jamail, IPS News. July 5, 2008.

An embedded U.S. journalist said the military tried to censor him after he posted photos from Fallujah.

Three Myths About the Internet That Refuse to Die

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. June 20, 2008.

The Internet will not magically bring the world together; nor is it likely to destroy us.