Portal:Freedom of speech/Selected anniversaries/May

• 9 May 1943 – Birth of Kiyoshi Kuromiya in an internment camp; he was a leader in the struggle to maintain freedom of speech on the Internet, participating in the successful lawsuit against the Communications Decency Act
• 12 May 2011 – PROTECT IP Act introduced in the United States Senate by Patrick Leahy
• 14 May 1940 – Death of Emma Goldman (pictured) an anarchist known for her political activism, writing, and speeches
• 20 May 2010 – Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, held in support of free speech and freedom of artistic expression of those threatened with violence for drawing representations of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad