Internet Censorship Links*Cool Site* - Links and summaries of sites both "pro and con" internet censorship. From Vicnet, a unit of the State Library of Victoria in Australia.
Can Congress Censor The Internet? - An article on censorship and government legislation by Ford Marrin Esposito Witmeyer and Gleser, L.L.P. (1996)
CenSEARCHip - A tool that allows to compare the differences in the web search and image search results of Google and Yahoo in four national versions: the United States, China, France, and Germany. Developed at the Indiana University School of Informatics.
Documentation of Internet Filtering Worldwide - Research documenting some of the specific sites blocked in a variety of locations worldwide. Current research investigates sited blocked in China and Saudi Arabia, and blocked by a variety of commercial Internet filtering programs. Future research will consider blocking in other countries. [Last updated October 2003]
Freedom of Expression on the Internet - Reports and other resources, 1996 to the present, on the protection of freedom of expression in cyberspace from Human Rights Watch.
Got Freedom? - Overview of freedom of expression with particular emphasis on the right to publish online without being censored by government agencies and/or Internet service providers.
I Majik - Host for alternate icon representations such as the Barbie Cam.
Internet Censorship Paper - The Invincible Internet - Argues against net censorship. Explains common affirmative arguments, explores negative retorts, analyzes censorship bills and court rulings, and suggests alternatives to wide-ranging censorship issues.
Internet Free Expression Alliance - Organization that advocates that the Internet remain a forum for open access and free expression.
Libertus Net: - Introduction and index to site about attempts, particularly in Australia to limit free speech through censorship.
Peacefire - Anti-censorware articles, essays, and investigative reports. Includes instructions and programs to disable content blocking software.
Plagiarist Acquisitions - Documentation of internet art project censored by DuPont, for spoofing corporate takeovers by pretending that plagiarist.org had taken over DuPont and 26 other giant corporations. DuPont's censorship tactics appeared to have been centered in slandering the artist with false implications of violent behavior on the artist's part, rather than in legal justification.
Blog Herald: Do Internet companies need to be regulated to ensure they respect free expression? - "Reporters Without Borders has repeatedly condemned the ethical lapses displayed by certain Internet sector companies when operating in repressive countries." Weblog entry discusses these lapses and how they "violate the right to freedom of expression as defined in article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights."
Starr Report: A Double Standard? - In the rush to post lurid details of the Starr report online, the government flouted its own censorship standards, a civil liberties expert maintains. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
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