CENSORSHIP and Freedom of Speech
- Center for Democracy and Technology
- First Ammendment Center
"The research materials on this site are organized by topic under the five freedoms of the First Amendment: speech, press, religious liberty, assembly and petition....Within each topic you will generally find several subtopics. For example, if you are interested in student expression in the public schools, you’ll see an overview of that issue in general along with a number of important aspects — dress codes, student newspapers, yearbooks, clubs and more.
- The Free Expression Policy Project
Provides research and advocacy on free speech, copyright, and media democracy issues includes sections on history, art censorship, censorship of youth, copyright, internet, political speech, violence in the media and more.
- Caslon Analytics Guide: Censorship and Free Speech
Use the left side menu to explore censorship and free speech issues related to books, comics, films & video, games, education, news, radio, television, and visual arts. - ACLU- Free Speech
From the American Civil Liberties Union, this site promotes the right to free speech. - Bonfire of Liberties
Traces the history of book censorship from 1200 AD using a graphically intense look at this history. - A Brief History of Banned Music in the United States Music Censorship : Elvis to Ice-T This article appeared in REV magazine, a culture and issues monthly in Virginia Beach, VA.
- Challenged and Banned Books
From the American Library Association, this site lists the most frequently challenged books and authors for the past year and why these books were challenged. - Internet Censorship
"EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values." - Filters and Filtering From the American Library Association.
- Family Friendly Libraries (USA)
A conservative national grassroots network of citizens, librarians and library trustees that believe in policies to protect children from exposure to age-inappropriate materials without parental consent. - Freedom Forum
- Common Sense Media
CENSORSHIP OF BROADCAST TELEVISION
CENSORSHIP OF MUSIC
- A Brief History of Banned Music in the United States
Presents a timeline of music censorship from the 1950s to the present, along with links to various online articles and sites related to the topic. - Music and Censorship (from thenoisebetweenstations.com)
- Freemuse: Freedom of Musical Expression
- Taboo Tunes: Music Censorship News and History
CENSORSHIP OF THE NEWS
- The Top 25 Censored Stories of the Year (2007) from Project Censored
CENSORSHIP AND SCHOOL
- The Role of Censorship in School (2005)
- Learning, Speaking, and Thinking Freely: The First Amendment in Schools
- Muzzle Awards Spotlight School Censorship
- Fighting High School Censorship
FREEDOM of SPEECH and OBJECTIONABLE Content