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Pentagon is censoring military newspaper Stars and Stripes, lawsuit alleges
Stars and Stripes advisory board members sued the Defense Department alleging illegal censorship and violation of editorial independence.
Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
Carla Hayden, the former head of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, was fired after serving as the first Black and first woman Librarian of Congress.
It’s time to address college self-censorship
Classroom self-censorship is a two-sided phenomenon.
Wisconsin school publishes rape article, ignites First Amendment debate
A Wisconsin school district adopted a censorship policy in response to newspaper article, and other news in this week's Law Blog Roundup.
T-shirt satirist sues NSA for trying to thwart his sales
A Minnesota man has sued the National Security Agency alleging it violated his First Amendment rights by issuing cease-and-desist letters against production of his satirical merchandise.
Virginia Supreme Court yelps over censorship
The Virginia Supreme Court is dealing with new-age censorship as it tackles a case dealing with negative posts on business review websites Yelp and Angie's List.
Flying Dog beer loses Michigan lawsuit over label
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A judge says Michigan liquor commissioners are immune to a lawsuit over a beer with a name that’s offensive to some people. The state’s Liquor Control […]
Wikipedia editors question site’s blackout
NEW YORK — Can the world live without Wikipedia for a day? The shutdown of one of the Internet’s most-visited sites is not sitting well with some of its volunteer […]
Wikipedia to blackout English site Wednesday in protest
For those of you who — like myself — learn a lot of what you know from reading articles on Wikipedia, you’re going to have to Google a little bit […]
Can you say that on TV? The justices debate
WASHINGTON — In colorful give and take, the Supreme Court debated whether policing curse words and nudity on broadcast television makes sense in the cable era, one justice suggesting the […]
The case against censoring ‘Huckleberry Finn’
By now you’ve probably heard about the new editions of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by NewSouth Books that will not include any mention of the n-word, which had originally […]
