Is signing a petition an exercise of free speech?
When a citizen signs a petition to place an initiative on the ballot, is he or she acting as a voter or as a legislator? Chime in!
Free Speech, Meet Material Support Laws
The ABA Journal discusses what it calls “the U.S. Supreme Court’s first major test of whether the war on terrorism conflicts with the free speech principles of the First Amendment.” (…what took y’all so long?!) “I am opposed to violence of all sorts. It seems crazy to me that I could go to jail for [...]
Say it ain't so, Wikileaks!
It’s no secret that I’m wildly, terribly, and insanely in love with Wikileaks. The controversial whistleblowing platform publishes anonymous submissions of governmental, corporate, and organizational documents, and is dedicated to exposing oppressive regimes and revealing unethical behavior. The great thing is that they’re actually good at it: they released the Standard Operating Procedures for Camp [...]
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- RT @ipjustice: EU Commissioner for Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes: “We are now likely to be in a world without SOPA and without ACTA.” http ...
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- .@anjalidalal at generalassemb.ly triggers debate over why some file-storage sites—eg, iCloud—state in TOS they may pre-screen user uploads.
- "Not once, but twice, vessel hulls appear on the screen today." - @wseltzer & @margotkaminski build audience excitement by discussing §1301.
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