by Caitlin McCabe • • Comments Off on Turkish Cartoonists Stand Behind Their Right to Free Speech Despite Threats
As the number of political cartoons criticizing the Turkish government has increased, so have the drastic measures to stifle these forms of free speech. In an attempt to regulate the global image of Turkey as well as its rich and…
by Caitlin McCabe • • Comments Off on Revised Cape Henlopen Summer Reading Policy Demands More Parental Involvement
In light of several decisions made by the Cape Henlopen School Board in Delaware this past year regarding their selected summer student reading, the board met on December 11 and approved a summer schoolwork policy which they hope will prevent…
by Caitlin McCabe • • Comments Off on Protestors Perform Public Book Burning in India
This past Friday in India, several members the Bharatiya Janata Party, a right-wing political party, and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a non-government Hindu organization, joined together to protest Perumal Murugan’s novel Mathorubagan by openly burning copies in front of a…
by Caitlin McCabe • • Comments Off on Jordan Continues to Enforce Anachronistic Censorship Laws
Jordan is no stranger to the governmental enforcement of book censorship or the public censure and criticism expressed by various communities and organizations regarding this issue — an issue which has become increasingly prevalent and apparent in light of citizens’…
by Caitlin McCabe • • Comments Off on Legends Revealed: Pre-Code Holiday Comics Policing Uncovered
To celebrate the holiday season, Brian Cronin of Comic Book Resources counts down the top Christmas Comic Book Legends Revealed, revealing which are fact and which are fiction. Let’s take a look at a couple of our favorites… Was Carl…
by Caitlin McCabe • • Comments Off on Censorship 2014: Why Are Video Games Still a Scapegoat?
Earlier this year, U.S. Legislators took another crack at the curbing the production of violent video games by enacting the Tax Reform Act of 2014, which would offer permanent tax credits to video game creators that do not make violent…
by Caitlin McCabe • • Comments Off on Turkish Government Takes Further Action Against Freedom of Speech
In light of recent events, ranging from laws implemented to restrict internet freedom while tightening governmental control to a series of police arrests made on December 14th of journalists, screenwriters, and other media agents, there is an increasing level of…
by Caitlin McCabe • • Comments Off on “Allegedly Harmful” Memoir Goes to the UK Supreme Court
In early October, the UK Court of Appeals issued an injunction that stopped publication of an unnamed memoir on the grounds that its content was “allegedly harmful” to the author’s 11-year old child. On December 9, the performing artist and…
by Caitlin McCabe • • Comments Off on Northwest Press Defies Apple Censorship of LGBT Content
With the recent rejection of the collected edition of the comic series Fearful Hunter from the Apple store, it looks like comic publisher Northwest Press has become another victim of Apple’s vague content policies. As Apple has become a major…
by Caitlin McCabe • • Comments Off on Hanover, VA, High School Student Speaks Out About Academic Freedom
In light of recent concerns regarding the “un-American” message and overall inclusion of the film Searching for the Roots of 9/11 in Hanover County, VA, academic curriculum, school officials have begun discussing the introduction of a policy that would remove the…