For one joke on Twitter I've had my civil liberties trampled on, and have now got a criminal record. Isn't this against free speech?
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For one joke on Twitter I've had my civil liberties trampled on, and have now got a criminal record. Isn't this against free speech?
Read more »Freedom of the press has declined for the eighth year in a row, according to Freedom House’s annual report. And while the media has focused on the lack of media freedoms in such places as China and Venezuela, they’ve virtually ignored the U.S. position – No. 24
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The Supreme Court will decide whether free speech rights are more important than helping parents keep violent material away from children.
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Google has officially shut down Google.cn (the censored Chinese search engine) and is now redirecting to uncensored Hong Kong version.
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f Annie does shoot her mouth off I& say something somebody doesn’t like then I’m sure charges will be brought, even if there are far worse opinions expressed in any blye collar bar on an average night in Canada & I doubt all those who express such hateful opinions will be prosecuted & so why should Ann.
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Flipping the bird, or sticking out the middle finger, is perhaps the oldest insulting gesture on earth. The move dates back to ancient Greece and was adopted by the Romans as digitus impudicus — the impudent finger.
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A TEEN has been arrested for listening to what police deem offensive rap music. The Warrnambool Magistrates' Court heard he was listening to lyrics such as "shut your f------ mouth bitch, f------ motherf-----".
The court was told the arresting officers found the music offensive and derogatory to females.
Mr Wilkie allegedly told officers: "You're a joke, go do some real police work.

A majority of Americans think the federal government poses a threat to rights of Americans, according to a new national poll.
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Ron Paul is one of only three reps who voted against this bill... and the media completely ignored it!
This bill targets any media that is against American foreign policy.
This bill is almost a carbon copy of a bill passed by Congress in 2008, H.Res.1069, which condemned the use of television programming by Hamas to indoctrinate hatred, violence and Antisemitism.
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