Erwin Chemerinsky: What Students Don’t Get About Free Speech (Audio, Transcript)

Staff / Truthdig and Robert Scheer Oct 27, 2017 The constitutional law expert and Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer discuss freedom of expression and the history of First Amendment rights. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

Inside the Catalonian Marches for Independence

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Oct 5, 2017 The issue for many Catalans is no longer just about economics. It's about a perceived bias and freedom of expression. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Attempt to Close Al-Jazeera Is an Attack on Freedom of Expression, U.N. Says

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jul 1, 2017 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is reportedly "extremely concerned" by four neighboring countries' demand that Qatar shut down the television news network. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Standing Rock Is a Model of the Right of Peaceful Assembly

By Dan Aymar-Blair Jan 12, 2017 However temporary it may be, the water protectors’ triumph over energy corporations compels us to seek opportunities to use our bodies as implements of change. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Top Tech Companies Get Failing Grade on Privacy Rights

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 4, 2015 The most comprehensive assessment to date of the user agreement policies of Facebook, Google and Microsoft says the world’s top tech companies are failing when it comes to privacy and freedom of expression. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

TPP Chapter Released by WikiLeaks Would Let Governments Curtail Trials So as to Contain Information

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 10, 2015 What WikiLeaks claims to be the full intellectual property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership appears to give countries greater power to stop sensitive information from going public. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: Charlie Hebdo

BLANK Jan 12, 2015 Critical journalists view the slaughter of their colleagues in Paris from a deeply personal perspective. "Does my work threaten my life?" we ask ourselves. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Death of Online Freedom in Vietnam

Staff / Truthdig Sep 3, 2013 Speaking out against the Vietnamese state online was already illegal, but with Decree 72, the government has found new, detailed ways to restrict freedom of expression on the Internet. Linking to or quoting a news source based outside of Vietnam is now banned, thanks to the law in effect as of Sunday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NYPD vs. Occupy: Cops Out of Control

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 26, 2012 After eight months of study, legal researchers at NYU and Fordham University this week turned out a damning review of the NYPD's behavior in policing the Occupy Wall Street protests. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Twitter Prepares to Clip Its Wings

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2012 One year after the beginning of the Egyptian uprising that it helped make possible, Twitter began its descent down what media commentator Jeff Jarvis called the “slippery slope of censorship,” announcing that it would begin to locally censor tweets that governments find objectionable. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

ACLU Sues School for Nixing Prom in Dispute With Lesbian Student

Staff / Truthdig Mar 12, 2010 The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit Thursday against Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton, Miss., after the school district decided to cancel this year's prom rather than let a lesbian student, Constance McMillen, don her choice of formal wear and take her girlfriend to the dance. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )