The First Amendment ensures freedom of speech and of the press, expressions necessary to a democratic society, and the Internet has the potential to give many people in any society an open forum to voice their concerns and to reach a large audience. Pornography and other graphic materials existed before the Internet, but the technology’s ...
Infamous internet hacker group known as Anonymous has declared war on the Church of Scientology. The declaration came in response to Scientology’s attempt at mass internet censorship in regards to a leaked video of Tom Cruise being hosted on several websites. They cite in their press release Scientology’s now famous tactics of threatening litigation against ...
While US media censorship has gained recent attention as a result of Janet Jackson’s exposure on live television, and the careful attention paid to what information is aired in terms of the Iraq war, censorship is no new issue. Censorship laws within the media have existed for decades, gaining specificity and stringency as an apparent ...
I run a website that promotes anonymous surfing software. Most of the products on my site require a monthly fee, or a one time fee. That’s how I get paid – I make commissions. However, one product, Tor, does not require any sort of payment to download. There are no hidden fees, and no pushing ...