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Art Censorship in 2011: Nudity, Sexuality, Religion, Politics, and… Meat?!

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

2012 has already brought a few cases of censored art to our attention: Microsoft Skydrive froze UK blogger Michael Ohajuru‘s storage account because Modigliani’s painting “Reclining Nude” violated Microsoft’s Code of Conduct which prohibits images that “depict nudity of any sort”; and İzmir … Continue reading →

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Kudos to YouTube

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

Earlier this year we reported on YouTube’s removal and subsequent restoration of videos by dance-artist Amy Greenfield. At that point we voiced serious concerns about the lack of an appeals process for individuals who believe that their work has been … Continue reading →

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YouTube restores Amy Greenfield’s videos

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

Last week, NCAC and EFF protested YouTube’s removal of work by acclaimed video-artist Amy Greenfield. NCAC applauds YouTube for so promptly responding to our letter and restoring Amy Greenfield’s videos to its site (there are still some technical glitches but … Continue reading →

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Google Supports Free Speech in China … but not elsewhere

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

Google has taken a firm position on censorship in China, yet, ironically, Google willingly and actively censors. It censors so as to conform to local laws, but it also censors deliberately and voluntarily by restricting speech on, for instance, YouTube … Continue reading →

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Champions of free speech?: the Case of Google in China

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

When, a few years ago, Google agreed to China’s restrictions on the circulation of information and started google.cn, it claimed that “increased access to information for people in China and a more open Internet outweighed [Google’s] discomfort in agreeing to … Continue reading →

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School’s Punishment Runs Afoul of First Amendment Freedoms Online: J.C. v. Beverly Hills Unified School District

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

Schools that dish out draconian punishments to students who are mean to each other online (aka cyberbullying) risk running afoul of the First Amendment. Beverly Vista School, a K-8 school in the Beverly Hills Unified School District, learned this lesson … Continue reading →

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Website tracks online censorship reports

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

Having trouble accessing a website?  Suspect it might be more than just a faulty connection or technical malfunction? Visit Herdict.org, a website designed to track reports of censored web sites around the world.  There, you can report  anonymously that a … Continue reading →

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Who’s censoring Facebook: The powers that be or the forces of the mob?

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

Recently, there have been reports that content involving the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict is mysteriously disappearing from Facebook. The Jewish Internet Defense Force (JIDF) has complained that “many threads in various pro-Israel and pro-JIDF groups have mysteriously disappeared,” while others have … Continue reading →

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