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What Would a Post-SOPA Internet Look Like?
We bring you a glimpse of the dystopian future that would result if SOPA were to pass through Congress.
Education
Should Teachers Be Allowed to Hate Blog About Their Students?
Teacher Natalie Munroe blogged about her students—and got suspended for it. Is calling kids "rat-like" and "lazy whiners" protected by free speech?
Technology
'Occupy' Now a Banned Search Term in China
The spread of Occupy Wall Street has the Chinese government resorting to more censorship.
Culture
Transparency: The Most Controversial Books in America
Every year, libraries are asked to remove books from their shelves, because they are found to be inappropriate. These "challenges" can occur...
Culture
Infographic: Think America's Internet Isn't Censored? Think Again
If you think you're browsing freely on the American internet, you're wrong. You need to go to Mexico to do that.
Education
What The Wire Can Teach Us About the Huckleberry Finn Controversy
Why do we censor the language and ideas that students are taught in school while ignoring the harsh realities of their lives?
Technology
The Real Lesson of the SOPA Blackout: The Internet Should Flex Its Muscles More Often
We're people who work hard at important jobs like everyone else. But we're hardly the group most in need of grassroots activist support.
Education
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Testing Taboos: The 50 Topics Banned From Standardized Exams
The New York City Department of Education maintains a list of words and topics prohibited from appearing on standardized tests.
Culture
Protesters Are Awesome: Banned Books Back in Egypt and Tunisia
Banned books return to Tunisia and Egypt, signifying an ease on censorship in the newly dictatorless countries.
Culture
Can You Hear Me, Mao?: Say Protest in China and Your Call Drops
The government is cracking down hard in the wake of the Arab uprisings.
Culture
Saudis Use Photoshop to Hide Mariah Carey's Flesh
In Saudi Arabia, women are photoshopped not to attain inhuman perfection, but to become more modest.
Culture
Blu Responds to MOCA Censorship; Won't Paint Over Erased Mural
Blu says getting buffed from MOCA's wall amounts to censorship that almost turned into self-censorship. The artist won't paint another.
Culture
Facebook Considers China: "We're Allowing Too Much, Maybe, Free Speech"
The social networking giant ponders censorship in order to crack the Chinese market.
Design
How Did the Web Protest SOPA? Let Us Count the Ways
Google wasn't the only site to take a stand against web censorship yesterday. Check out how the internet said 'nope' (or 'NOPA') to SOPA.
Culture
This Bittersweet Love Note to Saudi Arabia Sums Up the Arab States' Woes
An Arab woman sends an ambivalent love note to her home on Valentine's Day: "I love my country, but my country is not mine."
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Internet Censorship
Sex. Ass. Falun gong. Chances are, if you're reading this right now, you don't live in Yemen, Myanmar, or China. Internet censorship can...
GOOD Blog
High(ish)-Tech Censorship In Russia
What you don't see in the screen shot above: Mikhail Delyagin, a critic of Russian prime minister Putin. His political views got him digitally...
The Community Board
Be Damned, Green Dam!
China announced today that it has indefinitely delayed its plans to force computer manufacturers to install the Green Dam Youth Escort Internet...
