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edit   The Freedom of speech Portal Areopagitica Freedom of speech is the political right to communicate one's ideas via speech. The term freedom of expression is sometimes used synonymously, but includes any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used. In practice, the right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country and the right is commonly subject to limitations, as with libel, slander, obscenity and incitement to commit a crime. The right to freedom of expression is recognized as a human right under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognized in international human rights law in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Article 19 of the ICCPR states that "[e]veryone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference" and "everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice". Article 19 goes on to say that the exercise of these rights carries "special duties and responsibilities" and may "therefore be subject to certain restrictions" when necessary "[f]or respect of the rights or reputation of others" or "[f]or the protection of national security or of public order (order public), or of public health or morals". More about Freedom of speech... edit   Selected article Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment is a non-fiction book by Anthony Lewis about freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of thought and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The book begins by quoting the relevant portion of the First Amendment, "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech or of the press...", and traces the evolution of civil liberties in the United States through key historical events. Lewis provides an overview of important free speech case law including Supreme Court of the United States opinions in Schenck v. United States (1919), Whitney v. California (1927), United States v. Schwimmer (1929), New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964), and New York Times Co. v. United States (1971). The title of the book is drawn from the dissenting opinion by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. in United States v. Schwimmer, "If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other, it is the principle of free thought — not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate." Lewis warns the reader against the potential for government to utilize periods of fear and upheaval in society in order to suppress criticism and freedom of speech by members of the citizenry. edit   Selected picture Internet censorship is the control or suppression of the publishing of, or access to information on the Internet. It may be carried out by governments or by private organizations either at the behest of government or on their own initiative. Individuals and organizations may engage in self-censorship on their own or due to intimidation and fear. edit   News April 14: BBC to play 'four to five seconds' of Thatcher protest song April 2: Greg Barns named Australia's Wikileaks Party national campaign director Freedom of speech on Wikinews edit   In this month 3 June 1926 – Birth of Allen Ginsberg (pictured); an American poet and one of the leading figures of the Beat Generation in the 1950s 15 June 1917 – Passage of U.S. Espionage Act of 1917; originally prohibited any attempt to interfere with military operations, to support U.S. enemies during wartime, to promote insubordination in the military, or to interfere with military recruitment 24 June 2010 – United States House of Representatives passed the DISCLOSE Act 27 June 2011 – Decision reached by Supreme Court of the United States in case Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association More anniversaries... edit   Selected biography Jonathan L. Zittrain (born 24 December 1969) is a US professor of Internet law at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School, a professor of computer science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and a faculty co-director of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Previously, Zittrain was Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute of the University of Oxford and visiting professor at the New York University School of Law and Stanford Law School. He is the author, most recently, of The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It; and co-editor of the books Access Denied (MIT Press, 2008) and Access Controlled (MIT Press, 2010). Zittrain works in several intersections of the Internet with law and policy including intellectual property, censorship and filtering for content control and computer security. He founded a project at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society that develops classroom tools. edit   Did you know... ... that the global media alliance Project Klebnikov is dedicated to investigating the July 2004 murder of journalist Paul Klebnikov (pictured)? ...that the 2004 Dean v. Utica U.S. federal case expanded the First Amendment rights of high school journalists, which had been limited by the Supreme Court's 1988 Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier ruling? ... that the United States Supreme Court dismissed an important First Amendment case after it was found to be moot? edit   Categories ▼ Freedom of speech ► Freedom of speech by country ► Freedom of speech portal ► Books about freedom of speech ► Censorship ► Films about freedom of expression ► Free expression awards ► Free speech activists ► Free speech case law ► Freedom of expression organizations edit   Wikiprojects Main parent WikiProject WikiProject Freedom of speech Related projects Human rights Internet Journalism Law Media Politics What are WikiProjects? edit   Selected quote edit   Topics Freedom of speech Awards: AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility • Valeriu Boboc Prize • CPJ International Press Freedom Awards • Four Freedoms Award • Geschwister-Scholl-Preis • Gwangju Prize for Human Rights • Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award • James Madison Freedom of Information Award • Leipzig Human Rights Award • Muzzle Awards • Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression • PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award • PEN/Katherine Anne Porter First Amendment Award • PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award • Sakharov Prize • UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize • William J. Brennan Award • World Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom Award Books: Beyond the First Amendment • Cyber Rights • Free Speech, "The People's Darling Privilege" • Freedom of Expression • Net.wars Free speech activists: Floyd Abrams • Guy Aldred • Michael Gottlieb Birckner • Susan Block • Brenda Brathwaite • Roy W. Brown • Lenny Bruce • George Carlin • Henry Carlisle • Zechariah Chafee • The Confessionals • Ida Craddock • Hossein Derakhshan • David Esrati • John Henry Faulk • Elizabeth Gurley Flynn • Larry Flynt • Heather Ford • Pim Fortuyn • Free Speech League • Mike Godwin • Theo van Gogh (film director) • Emma Goldman • Bennett Haselton • Hugh Hefner • Marjorie Heins • Bill Hicks • Ayaan Hirsi Ali • Abbie Hoffman • William Hone • Zoia Horn • Saad Eddin Ibrahim • Joesoef Isak • Jiang Lijun • Peter Junger • Chris Kempling • Ronald Kidd • Kitty Marion • Howie Klein • Judith Krug • Li Zhi (dissident) • Elijah Parish Lovejoy • Declan McCullagh • John McGovern (politician) • Aaron McGruder • Kembrew McLeod • Irshad Manji • George W. Mavety • Alexander Meiklejohn • Nicholas Merrill • Gregorius Nekschot • Philip Njaru • Rashid Nugmanov • Ursula Owen • Pu Zhiqiang • Marc Randazza • Barney Rosset • Hasan Saltık • Margaret Sanger • Mario Savio • Theodore Schroeder • Fariborz Shamshiri • Shi Tao • Howard Stern • Nadine Strossen • David S. Touretzky • Wang Xiaoning • Grady Ward • Geert Wilders • Rose Witcop • Frank Zappa • Zhou Shuguang General: Abusive language (law) • Article 14 of the Constitution of Singapore • Birth control movement in the United States • Cartoonists Rights Network, International • Censorship by country • False statements of fact • Free speech fights • Free Speech League • Free Speech Movement • Free Speech Radio News • Free Speech TV • Free speech zone • Freedom of information • Freedom of Speech (painting) • Freedom of speech by country • Freedom of speech in the United States • Freedom of speech versus blasphemy • Freedom of the press in the United States • International Freedom of Expression Exchange • Free speech in the media during the Libyan civil war • Market for loyalties theory • Occupy Oakland • SPEECH Act • The Tully Center for Free Speech • Whistleblower Organizations: Action for Children's Television • American Society of Magazine Editors • ARTICLE 19 • Canadian Journalists for Free Expression • Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility • Central Committee for Ex-Muslims • Central Council of Ex-Muslims • Chilling Effects • Comic Book Legal Defense Fund • Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund • Committee to Protect Journalists • Croatian Journalists' Association • CryptoRights Foundation • digitalcourage (formerly FoeBuD) • Doha Centre for Media Freedom • Electronic Frontier Foundation • Electronic Frontiers Georgia • Feminists Against Censorship • First Amendment Center • First Amendment Coalition • Foundation for Press Freedom • Free Speech Coalition • Free Speech League • Freedom House • Freedom of the Press (report) • Inter American Press Association • International Center for Law and Religion Studies • International Free Press Society • International Freedom of Expression Exchange • International Media Support • International PEN • International Press Institute • Media Legal Defence Initiative • National Coalition Against Censorship • Pacifica Forum • Press Freedom Index • Reporters Without Borders • Save the Internet • Somali Exiled Journalists Association (SEJA) • South East Europe Media Organisation • Southeast Asian Press Alliance • Student Press Law Center • Swedish Publicists' Association • Television Watch • Tunisia Monitoring Group • World Press Freedom Committee edit   Recognized content Featured articles Accurate News and Information Act Birth control movement in the United States Freedom for the Thought That We Hate Learned Hand Report of 1800 Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders To Kill a Mockingbird United States v. The Progressive Featured lists CPJ International Press Freedom Awards George Orwell bibliography Sakharov Prize Good articles AACS encryption key controversy Article 14 of the Constitution of Singapore Beck v. Eiland-Hall Beyond the First Amendment Hugo Black Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association Edward Coke Concurrent use registration Cream Holdings Ltd v Banerjee and the Liverpool Post and Echo Ltd Cyber Rights The Case of the Dean of St Asaph Mauro De Mauro Disneyland with the Death Penalty First Amendment to the United States Constitution Freedom of Expression (McLeod book) Free Speech, "The People's Darling Privilege" Fuck (film) Golos Truda Greene v Associated Newspapers Ltd Gyles v Wilcox John Marshall Harlan II Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez Manifesto of the Sixteen McCarthyism Microsoft vs. MikeRoweSoft Moral rights in United Kingdom law Motte v Faulkner The New York Times Obscene Publications Act 1959 Odex's actions against file-sharing Petition of Right PTV (Family Guy) Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 Pussy Riot R v Baillie Tax protester constitutional arguments Twitter United States v. Alvarez Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. Weiquan movement Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance YouTube edit   Things you can do Here are some tasks you can do: Article requests: Check article requests in Law topics Assess: Tag article talk pages using {{WikiProject Freedom of speech}} Cleanup: Check the Special:RecentChangesLinked/Category:Freedom of speech page for improvements, other changes, and vandalism to these articles Copyedit: Check Freedom of speech "Article Alerts" for developments in quality to Freedom of speech-related articles for interesting articles to copyedit Expand: Expand articles in categories including: Freedom of speech and Category:Free speech activists Featured article candidates: Review Freedom of speech-related articles submitted at Featured Article candidates, especially those at FAC urgents Good article nominations: Check out articles under review for Good Article candidacy, in the Social sciences and society section Stubs: Take on project for improvement of one of the Freedom of speech stubs Update: Update links between sister projects, at Commons:Category:Freedom of speech Verify: Articles with notability concerns, listed at WikiProject Notability, more specific Freedom of speech related articles, at Articles with topics of unclear notability listing. Wikify: Wikify links between primary-source-documents and articles from Wikisource:Category:Freedom of speech Other: Check article deletion discussions listed at Deletion sorting – Law Cleanup listing for this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects. edit   Related portals Books Culture Current events Human rights Internet Journalism Law Literature Philosophy Politics Radio Society Supreme Court of the United States Television Writing edit   Associated Wikimedia What are portals? List of portals Featured portals