Archives for: March 2010
03/12/10
A three judge panel from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing its earlier decision, ruled that the phrase "under God" in our Pledge of Allegiance does not violate the Establishment Clause of our First Amendment.Two members of the panel thoug… more »
03/11/10
In a bit of low scoring mental gymnastics a three judge panel from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals says dicta in County of Allegheny v. ACLU, 492 U.S. 573, 602-03 (1989) is not inconsistent with Aronow v. United States, 432 F.2d 242 (9th Cir. 1970) wh… more »
03/10/10
Danish newspapers should continue publishing the cartoons parodying the violence advocated in the name of the prophet Mohammad until Danish authorities have locked up all those using violence to suppress ideas they find offensive.Muslim clerics and f… more »
Last week our Supreme Court decided Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a monstrous 5-4 opinion unconvincingly1 characterizing our corporations as associations of citizens entitled to First Amendment political speech rights, limited only by d… more »
03/09/10
An Italian court has convicted three Google executives for privacy violations because they failed to screen an offensive video1 before a third party posted it. Google is no more civilly or criminally liable for the posting of videos (expressions) by… more »
03/08/10
Periodically cases come along to remind us that possessing our precious First Amendment rights is not synonymous with responsible exercise of those rights for a non-pernicious or beneficial purpose1.Such is the case of Snyder, Albert v. Phelps, Fred… more »
10:32:11 am by misblog, Categories: Books, Net Neutrality, Censorship, Internet , Tags: books, hr 275, internet censorship, internet surveillance, oni, open net initiative The Open Net Initiative (ONI) has consolidated five years of nation-state Internet censorship and surveillance research into a recently published book, Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering.Access Denied significantly ad… more »
What a delightful initiative; the government of Iceland is considering using its national sovereignty to encourage and facilitate frictionless and transparent Internet information flows.The first nation to adopt1 the 21st century motto2 "no secret is… more »
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