Edward Snowden is charged with federal crimes under the 1917 Espionage Act. This act was the first permanent challenge in American history to the First Amendment freedom of speech rule. There was
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Facebook Blocks Major Newspaper Publishing of Famous Vietnam War Photo
Leading social media site Facebook sent out an email demanding that the classic Associated Press (AP) image of the poor naked girl and other children running from a napalm attack in Vietnam
YouTube Video Search: 100 Percent Against Black Lives Matter (BLM)
Search “BLM” at YouTube.com and see what shows up. On the first page, after the advertisements, there are eighteen videos. All of them are against Black Lives Matter or critical of Black
Stories by Reporter David Seaman Deleted From The Huffington Post, Stories Still Exist Elsewhere
Reporter David Seaman announced on Twitter late Sunday that his account at The Huffington Post (HuffPo) was dismissed and his stories were deleted from the popular Democratic website. Here are archives of
Journalist and Investigator “Barrett Brown Comments on His Early Release Date”
According to the Free Barrett Brown Twitter account, a date has been set for the release of Barrett Brown from prison. “We have some good news for once. Barrett has received an
Explaining the 2016 Election: The Boom-Bust Cycle of Deregulated Campaign Funding
“Super PACs” (Political Action Committees) are nonprofit political organizations that are permitted to “electioneer” for candidates. Electioneering consists of spending money on advertising and promotion for favored candidates. Super PACs are required
Gawker’s Final Post: “How Things Work,” Popular Site Shut Down
After a massive jury award against the site Gawker.com, today the site is being shut down. The final post is up. Nick Denton wrote the post: Peter Thiel has achieved his objectives.
Miami-Dade Campaign Funding Referendum Presses Bureaucracy to Start Counting Signatures
Update August 22, 2016: The meeting of the commissioners on Monday as a result of the #StartCounting campaign yielded a 9-0 vote of the board to order counting of the petition signatures.
Free Speech: Australia Considers Amending Law so that “Offense” and “Insults” are No Longer Criminal
Australia’s Racial Discrimination Act (RDA) has been the subject of controversy in recent years, especially since notorious columnist Andrew Bolt was convicted under the Act in 2011 for his writings: [T]wo articles
WikiLeaks Twitter Account Threatens to Create New Service After Milo Ban
The official WikiLeaks account at Twitter threatened to create a new service to compete against Twitter’s “cyber feudalism” after Breitbart employee Milo Yiannapoulos (user name @nero) was “permanently suspended” from the social