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	ipedia.com: Censorship Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Censorship is the use of state or group power to control freedom of expression.
		In a modern sense censorship consists of any attempt to suppress information, points of view, or method of expression such as art, or profanity.
		The purpose of censorship is to maintain the status quo, to control the development of a society, or to stifle dissent among a subject people.
	www.ipedia.com /censorship.html (523 words)

	Censorship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In a modern sense censorship of any attempt to suppress information points view or method of expression such as art or profanity.
		The purpose of censorship is to the status quo to control the development of a or to stifle dissent among a subject For this reason censorship is very common organized religions (especially cults most notably Jehovah's Witnesses) clubs social groups and governments.
		Others point out the suppression of access the means of dissemination of ideas by bodies such as the FCC in the United States of America or by a newspaper refuses to run commentary the publisher disagrees or a lecture hall that refuses to itself out to a particular speaker.
	www.freeglossary.com /Censorship (865 words)

	Freedom of Expression and the Public Debate in Chile
		The United Nations Human Rights Committee has stated that, with the development of modern mass communications media, effective measures are needed to prevent a control of these media that interfere with the right of all toexpress themselves freely, contrary to the guarantees contained in the International Covenant in Article 19(3).
		The restrictions may be previous, as in the case of censorship, or take the form of precautionary judicial measures, which consist of seizure of material through which the opinion, information or idea is expressed, in order to impede or delay its circulation.
		The United Nations special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression indicated in his report of December 14, 1994 that the right to freedom of opinion and expression is a central right of the International Covenant.
	hrw.org /reports98/chile/Chilerpt-01.htm (9041 words)

	More on Censorship
		Censorship is commonly used by social groups, organized religions, corporations and governments.
		Wartime censorship is carried out with the intention of preventing the release of information that might be advantageous to the enemy.
		Censorship is regarded as a typical feature of dictatorships and other [[, and instead tout the importance of freedom of speech.
	www.eduhistory.com /censorship.htm (577 words)

	Human Rights Watch World Report 2002: Europe & Central Asia: United Kingdom
		In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in the United States, the United Kingdom proposed emergency measures that threatened to undermine civil liberties and the rights of refugees and migrants.
		In February, the United Kingdom lifted its derogation from article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which governs the rights of individuals in custody.
		In a statement to Parliament on October 15, Blunkett stated that "[t]here is no immediate intelligence pointing to a specific threat to the United Kingdom." These public pronouncements raised concern that the United Kingdom sought to derogate from its human rights obligations in the absence of conditions amounting to a bona fide state of emergency.
	hrw.org /wr2k2/europe21.html (1298 words)

	Amazon.com: 50 Ways to Fight Censorship: And Important Facts to Know About the Censors: Books: Dave Marsh,George ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Marsh (Born to Run) is a rock critic and leader in the fight against censorship and mandatory labeling of rock albums.
		He astutely eschews the conventional definition of censorship as state action to cover such phenomena as skewed news judgment that leads to chronic under-coverage of the U.S. labor movement, and the efforts of freelance censors.
		Censorship is defined; an annotated list of ten commandments for the fight are given.
	www.amazon.com /50-Ways-Fight-Censorship-Important/dp/1560250119 (1436 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Censorship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Censorship is the act of an official, government authority to suppress expression.
		This is very similar to moral censorship, and the two may be confused.
		Groups with the most time and resources to participate in networked communities may, perhaps unbeknownst even to most group members, use their superior access to supplant the information that would be provided by non-users with versions that are preferred by the dominant sector.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/censorship (3266 words)

	Censorship in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Censorship in the United Kingdom has a long history with variously stringent and lax laws in place at different times.
		The conviction in 1727 of Edmund Curll for the publication of Venus in the Cloister or The Nun in her Smock under the common law offence of disturbing the King's peace was the first conviction for obscenity in Great Britain, and set a legal precedent for other convictions.
		There are several Acts of the United Kingdom Parliament for the protection of official information, mainly related to national security.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Censorship_in_the_United_Kingdom (2794 words)

	IFEX :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Index on Censorship was founded in 1972 by Stephen Spender with the goal to protect the basic human right of free expression.
		For the past 25 years, Index has reported on censorship issues from all over the world and has added to the debates on those issues.
		Index on Censorship's project activities are part of a publishing and outreach strategy that reflects the intention to find new ways of using the magazine's established publishing skills, contacts and historical knowledge of the free expression debate to directly support efforts to reinforce freedom of expression on the ground.
	www.ifex.org /fr/content/view/full/23602 (209 words)

	_arrhythmic: 232 °CCensorship in the World TodayAutho
		The United States Constitution says that all are born free and equal, but that is not enough.
		The problem with Singapore and censorship is that what exactly is offensive, what exactly is ‘partisan’ involvement in politics, is never clearly defined.
		What this breeds is then a cautious mindset, where people choose instead to err on the side of caution, where they second-guess the OB markers and self-censor their own statements and opinions, just in case they fall foul of these arbitrary boundaries that are not stated.
	users.livejournal.com /_arrhythmic/6740.html (2900 words)

	Joan Delfattore What Johnny shouldn't read: textbook censorship in America (Yale University Press, 1992) ISBN 030006050
		In considering remedies for censorship in the USA, Delfattore rejects a national curriculum, on the grounds that such a curriculum would be difficult to implement in practice and that the lobbying of special interest groups would be even more intense at the national level than locally.
		Public interest is likely to be the most effective weapon against censorship in the United Kingdom also, though it is not clear how such opinion could be effectively mobilised in a British context.
		It would be interesting to hear from members of the Colloquiurn in any country who have experienced textbook censorship or challenges from special-interest lobbies, and to know who prevailed.
	faculty.ed.uiuc.edu /westbury/paradigm/delfattore.html (892 words)

	Censorship
		Censorship exists to some extent in all modern countries, including the U.S.A., the U.K., Germany, France, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.
		This censorship, whether the result of a centrally orchestrated campaign or a remarkable series of coincidences, has made it possible for false and misleading information about UFOs to be foisted on the American public.
		An example of this is the censorship of the essay against genocide written by John Bart Gerald.
	www.serendipity.li /cda.html (5073 words)

	United Kingdom MEDIA
		The chief news agency is Reuters, a worldwide organization servicing British papers with foreign and Commonwealth news and the world press with British and foreign news.
		Although there is no government censorship of news or opinion, the Official Secrets Act, stringent libel and slander laws, and restrictions governing the disclosure of court proceedings do impose limitations on press freedom.
		In addition, the press regulates itself through the Press Council, which adjudicates complaints about newspaper practices from local officials and the public.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Europe/United-Kingdom-MEDIA.html (752 words)

	Editor
		In contrast with most other countries the United Kingdom has no written constitution, nor is there any doctrine of the supremacy of the constitution over other legislation, nor any constitutional court, nor any doctrine of the separation of powers.
		Thus the elements of the United Kingdom constitution have to be sought out by consulting any or all of five different sources.
		Britain is a signatory of the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol and continues to meet its obligations to refugees as a person who has a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religious, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.
	www.cmseducation.org /wconsts/uk.html (8756 words)

	Censorship
		The paper recognizes that between the human right and constitutional law of freedom of speech, art, and press on the one side and the social life of man which must be ensured on the other side, the right of free expression can clash with human dignity.
		Presents an outline of the censorship simulation with steps as follows: determining goals and objectives; establishing a rationale; creating a setting; providing the situation; identifying student roles; creating the initial complaint, developing a plan for action; structuring experiences; and determining assessment.
		Its aim is to point beyond the terms in which the censorship debate has been conducted in the mass media, and to prompt reflection on how texts are used in English classrooms.
	reading.indiana.edu /ieo/bibs/censor.html (2378 words)

	CCSG - Civil Censorship Study Group
		HISTORY: Civil Censorship Study Group was founded in 1972 in England by a handful of members who had answered an advertisement placed in a philatelic journal by Tony Torrance.
		When the Civil Censorship Study Group was set up the intention was to fill the gap in the coverage by existing U.K. societies.
		However, there are many items of mail of forces origin which have military censorship; which then went into the civil mail system: which were pulled out for censorship along with the ordinary civil mail, so that they collected the same handstamps and re-sealing tapes as did civil mail.
	www.postalcensorship.com /ccsg (726 words)

	Educational CyberPlayGround: Saudi Arabia, China Censorship and Censorware Companies
		If the firm actually does the things the pledge implies, it may become complicit in the oppression of Chinese whose crime is to have a political idea or to espouse an unpopular religion.
		The study concludes with a conceptual digression regarding the importance of language when constructing definition frameworks for research, using digital division as a case for reflection on the intersection of social scientific and humanistic theories and methods.
		IRANET, the networking unit of the Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics (IPM), acts as the offical NIC of Iran.Services offered by NIC include Domain Name Registration under.ir, and Name Hosting.
	www.edu-cyberpg.com /Technology/securitycrisisCENSORSHIP.html (3079 words)

	EFF: Indymedia Server Seizures
		On October 20, 2004, EFF filed a motion to unseal the Indymedia documents in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
		Ordinarily, an Assistant United States Attorney for the relevant district is appointed as the Commissioner, and is empowered under the statute to issue a subpoena.
		In the United Kingdom, Sheffield Member of Parliament Richard Alan asked a question in the House of Commons to determine what, if any, involvement the Home Office had with the seizure.
	www.eff.org /Censorship/Indymedia (2626 words)

	Index - Censorship - A Wikia wiki
		This Wikia is a database cataloging everything related to censorship past and present, in news media, film, artwork, and literature.
		Founded on 28 January 2005 and restarted on 4 May 2006, there are currently 53 articles on this Wikia.
		Articles on all levels of Internet censorship are welcome, from country-wide blocks to ISP-level blocks of specific websites.
	censorship.wikia.com (186 words)

	Freedom of Speech Discussers, Censorship and Freedom of Speech Meetups, events, clubs and groups in your area
		Censorship and Freedom of Speech Meetups near you…
		Meet other local people who are interested in a discussion about Censorship and Freedom of Speech issues.
		Or, see all Censorship and Freedom of Speech Meetup Groups.
	censorship.meetup.com (111 words)

	United Kingdom - Censorship - A Wikia wiki
		United Kingdom - Censorship - A Wikia wiki
		This prevented, e.g., a memo outlining American plans to bomb the Arab TV station Al Jazeera.
		The Terrorism Act 2006 prevents the "glorification" of terrorism, akin to the 18th century Sedition Act in the United States.
	censorship.wikia.com /wiki/United_Kingdom (172 words)

	United Kingdom: Amnesty International's briefing on the draft Terrorism Bill 2005 - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Expression shall not be subject to prior censorship in the interest of protecting national security, except in time of public emergency which threatens the life of the country under the conditions stated in Principle 3.
		A person, media outlet, political or other organization may not be subject to such sanctions, restraints or penalties for a security-related crime involving freedom of expression or information that are disproportionate to the seriousness of the actual crime.
		(d) "the government" means the government of the United Kingdom, of a Part of the United Kingdom or of a country other than the United Kingdom.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGEUR450382005 (9738 words)

	UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT NEWS UK.GOV NEWS GOV.UK NEWS BRITISH GOVERNMENT NEWS \| HavenWorks.com/world/united-kingdom ...
		Now, political observers are questioning whether NATO, the United Nations -- and Blair himself -- will survive the aftermath of war with Iraq."...
		"Ahead of critical meetings at the United Nations, intense diplomatic efforts are under way as the United States and Britain try to gather the necessary nine votes in the 15-member U.N. Security Council to pass a second resolution against Iraq."...
		"The United States and Britain will shortly introduce a new U.N. resolution that would pave the way for military action and give Saddam Hussein a final few weeks to fully cooperate with weapons inspectors, diplomats said."...
	www.havenworks.com /world/united-kingdom/gov/index.htm (2630 words)

	Obscene Publications Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of England to 1659
		Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of England to 1699
		Since 1857, a series of obscenity laws known as the Obscene Publications Acts have governed what can be published in the United Kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Obscene_Publications_Act (230 words)

	Censorship Organizations Music Arts
		Ahmadinejad?s Cultural Revolution: Increased Level of RepressionAmerican Muslim, MO - Dec 21, 2006The tightening up of censorship, the persecution of critics, and repression of those cultural and scientific institutions and independent organizations not...
		JOINT ACTION: International organizations urge president to revoke...IFEX, Canada - Dec 6, 2006In our view, this permission system amounts to censorship, which is contrary to Iran's international obligations to protect Freedom of Expression,...
		Court should reject Bush censorship effortConcord Monitor, NH - Dec 16, 2006If the ACLU, which advocates and litigates on issues of public policy, can be forced to comply with such a subpoena, news organizations would be similarly...
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Arts/Music/Organizations/Censorship (343 words)

	Gamasutra - Feature - "GDC: IGDA: Murder, Sex, and Censorship: Debating the Morals of Creative Freedom"
		Note: Discussion forums for Gamasutra are hosted by the IGDA, which is free to join.
		Gee, in a hopeful turn of opinions, advocates that researchers, game developers, and politicians alike should focus their energy and money at finding ways in which games can be useful, educational, or just plain good.
		Yee, whose composure was rattled slightly during the question and answer session, recomposed himself to conclude, “I'm very respectful of the kinds of technology that you've developed.
	www.gamasutra.com /features/20060324/duffy_01.shtml (1353 words)

	Freemuse: UK: "Cultural censorship" threatens artistic endeavours
		Festivals such as WOMAD, known for its policy of booking international acts, has particularly suffered as a result of this situation.
		Experts in the festival industry fear this situation could lead to a form of "cultural censorship" in future years, where acts presenting visa difficulties are avoided by festival organisers.
		According to The Independent, William Culver-Dodds, the chief executive of Harrogate International Festival, admits that when he chose the line-up of this year's festival, he decided to avoid certain acts, including African performers who were most likely to face visa problems.
	www.freemuse.org /sw14388.asp (478 words)

	redwolf.newsvine.com - Red Wolf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A Queensland senator is calling for a book that describes former Liberal prime minister Sir Robert Menzies as a tyrant to be removed from a school library.
		In several of his writings and interviews, former U. President Jimmy Carter stated that he is very much concerned at the direction the United States is moving.
		He said emphatically that this is not the United States he always knew.
	redwolf.newsvine.com /censorship (1062 words)

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