Daily Archives: January 24, 2012

28-09-2011 17:42 There have been many threats to the First Amendment in America. It seems that there are conditions on when free speech can be utilized and some cases have reached the Supreme Court. Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink, tells us when free speech is and isn't free.

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Free speech under fire - Video

01-12-2011 12:14 Let Your Voice Be Heard #FreeSpeechMatters

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Penguin Presents: Authors Stand Up for Free Speech - Video

19-12-2011 21:28 **I don't like that this happened either but give it thumbs up, not down** Dec-18-2011 ~ This priest, Father Nathan Monk, was upset that citizens were removed for making comments that city counsel did not like. The citizens were upset about new anti-homeless policies and they drew similarities to Nazi practices

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Pensacola City priest threatened with arrest over free speech! - Video

18-01-2012 17:10 PROTECT-IP is a bill that has been introduced in the Senate and the House and is moving quickly through Congress. It gives the government and corporations the ability to censor the net, in the name of protecting "creativity". The law would let the government or corporations censor entire sites-- they just have to convince a judge that the site is "dedicated to copyright infringement." http://www.dailydisruption.com

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SOPA Versus Free Speech - Video

19-01-2012 07:12 It was hard to miss the signs of online protest Wednesday. Popular sites like Wikipedia shut down, and while Google users could still search, they saw a big black bar over the Google logo, suggesting some in Washington DC are trying to censor the internet

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Would Laws Protect Companies Or Merely Block Free Speech? - Video