Cars, trucks, airplanes, guns, knives and computers are not supposed to be used in a criminal act; yet, every day they are. Last week, a terrorist in Nice, France, managed to kill more people with a truck than has any single mass shooter. Yet, no one is calling for a […]
Google once threatened the former publisher of the Banned Books Awareness and Reading for Knowledge column. When they stood by me and refused to censor my article, Google responded by revoking the newspaper’s ad revenue capability. Now they have erased someone’s 14 years worth of writing for “violation of the […]
There is responsible logic in the Facebook policy regarding its Facebook Live feature. The guidelines make sense and are fair. As George Carlin once said, words [and now images] are neutral. They’re harmless. It is the context that makes them positive or negative. Read On and Share the Knowledge: http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/facebook-clarifies-censorship-issues-on-live-videos-context-and-degree-is-everything-324487.html
Upholding an author’s right to write unhindered under the freedom of speech enshrined in Article 19 (1) (a) of the Indian Constitution, the First Bench of the Madras High Court comprising Chief Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana said that the Tamil Nadu government’s attempt to gag Perumal Murugan, […]
Step 1: Subversively retract and/or subdue rights. Step 2: Fill the void with pop culture nonsense and “reality” programing to keep them distracted from Step 1. Step 3: Make the population forget they had rights to begin with. Repeat. A remarkable 39 percent of Americans are unable to name any […]
Despite the sheer ridiculousness of Feltzer’s “conclusions” and the blatant political slant of the interviewer, some very serious questions are raised concerning the reasoning behind Amazon’s actions and its impacts on the information the public is and is not allowed to see at the mercy of the political whims of […]
“My public library offered more than just literature, it offered a sense of community, a sense of belonging. But now, in our present time, children of rural Newfoundland and Labrador could be stripped of these experiences. Everyone’s socioeconomic positions are different, so why do we jump to the conclusion that […]
The Houston Symphony is teaming up with the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation and the Houston Area Urban League to offer free music lessons to hundreds of underserved K-2 Houston Independent School District students in the Kashmere, Wheatley, Scarborough and Booker T. Washington High School feeder patterns as part of […]
NYT’s James Risen & Abby Martin on Fighting Censorship, Endless War
The 19th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to Chinese rule comes with a reminder of the stark contrast between the world within and without its border. Thousands of residents marched in protest on the anniversary in defiance of Chinese authorities over the abductions of several Hong Kong booksellers. Pro-democracy lawmaker, […]
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