Issues - Censorship
History
The
Rest is Noise
(December 22, 2007) -Alex Ross's much-admired new book raises tantalizing
questions about music, politics, and censorship.
Another
Game Censorship Law is Struck Down
(August 15, 2007) - Why nine court defeats haven't
stopped states from trying to restrict "violent" video games.
Secrecy
and Freedom
(April 10, 2007) - The government tries to airbrush history when it demands
recantation of torture allegations in exchange for a Guantanamo prisoner's
plea bargain.
The
Truth Seeker
(March 13, 2007) -The first biography of D.M. Bennett, who was jailed
for selling a pamphlet that argued against the institution of marriage,
highlights the connection between organized religion and censorship.
Fact
Sheet on Political Dissent and Censorship
(December 2006) - In the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11,
2001, and of U.S. government efforts to combat terrorism by often secretive
or constitutionally dubious means, questions have arisen about the scope
of First Amendment protection for political dissent. This Fact Sheet outlines
the history and constitutional status of political protest, and the free-speech
implications of government surveillance and secrecy today.
Fact
Sheet on Sex and Censorship
(March 2004) - Where did the exception to the First Amendment for
"obscenity" originate? What other ways have government officials
found to control erotic speech? And why do some of them continue to do
so, in the face of ever more sexual explicitness all around us? FEPP's
fact sheet summarizes the history and current status of restrictions on
sexual expression in America.
Free
Expression in Arts Funding: A Public Policy Report
(2003) - A survey of free-expression policies among state and local arts
agencies, including ways of anticipating and dealing with attacks on controversial
art. Includes background on the arts funding wars of the 1990s, and candid
interviews with agency officials. Read the report in html
or pdf.
Not
In Front of the Children: "Indecency," Censorship, and The Innocence
Of Youth
From Huckleberry Finn to Harry Potter, Internet
filters to the v-chip, censorship is often based on the assumption that
children and adolescents must be protected from "indecent" speech.
In Not In Front of the Children, FEPP Director Marjorie Heins explores
the history of indecency laws and other censorship aimed at youth. Not
in Front of the Children won the 2002 American Library Association's
Eli M. Oboler Award for the best published work in the area of intellectual
freedom.
For Additional Materials on Censorship History, go to the Archives
Page.
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