Michael S. Roth explores political correctness and free speech in a divisive age. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-08-30 12:31:08 UTC ]
As measles cases continue to rise in Canada and the U.S., experts are calling on social media platforms to ban anti-vaccination posts, saying the risks to public health created by misinformation outweigh the right to free speech. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2019-05-22 08:00:00 UTC ]
The all-seeing Amazon, Google, and Facebook have every incentive to help the national security state undermine privacy, free speech, and democracy. We’ve read this book before. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2019-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following one more threat of litigation from President Donald Trump against a major book publisher, free speech and book industry organizations have condemned the president's attempts to cease publication of books unfavorable to his administration. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House has responded to the novelist’s criticisms, saying it aims to ‘reflect the society in which we live’Lionel Shriver’s blistering assertion that, “drunk on virtue”, Penguin Random House is putting diversity ahead of literary excellence has been dismissed by the publisher,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year’s PEN America–hosted BookExpo panel saw journalists and a civil rights activist debate the meaning of free speech in an era of “fake news” and deep racial tensions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Guardian requires a name, address and phone number for all of its letter-writers, points out Dr Monica Threlfall. Nigel Gann, Michael Rundell and Martin Davidson air their thoughts on Cambridge Analytica. And Patrick Cosgrove says just don’t use FacebookWhen democrats fought for free speech,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The universities minister Jo Johnson has used a Boxing Day speech to highlight the issue of free speech and debate in universities. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Solving challenges around trust, diversity and press freedom are key to safeguarding democracy, says Guardian and Observer editor-in-chief• Read the full speech: A mission for journalism in a time of crisis Facebook has become the most powerful publisher in history by replacing editors with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The literary nonprofit world is ramping up for a protracted campaign in favor of free speech in the wake of President Donald J. Trump's call for the elimination of the NEA and NEH. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Head of venerable press says his sector has important role in the defence of free speech and champions the revival of literary fiction and traditional booksFaber & Faber’s chief executive has called for publishers to oppose crackdowns on free speech and the rise of so-called fake news.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Defenders of free speech are misguided in championing his cause. Reasoned debate will never arise from his utterances – and others will be scared into silenceA coalition of free speech organisations rallied together last week to defend Simon & Schuster’s choice to publish professional... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ben Mathis-Lilley: Hello, Amanda. Breitbart’s Milo Yiannopoulos has allegedly been given a $250,000 contract to write a book about “free speech” for Simon & Schuster. I think this is bad and that Simon & Schuster should feel bad. You basically disagree. Let’s discuss! Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2017-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hong Kong used to be a place of relatively free speech in China, but that was before Xi Jinping’s crackdown. Now everybody from writers to booksellers, publishers and printers fear they will be next to ‘disappear’Just over a year after five publishers and booksellers disappeared from Hong Kong... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-12-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
If Impress is recognised, publishers risk exposure to potentially huge legal costs even if acquitted, argue UK publishersNewspaper publishers have warned that if a would-be regulator funded by Max Mosley is formally recognised it would amount to “an attack on free speech” and expose the press to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
World events--particularly those in Turkey, where thousands of journalists, authors and academics have been jailed or dismissed--drew lots of attention at the annual event. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Authors Guild and PEN America have condemned the actions of the Turkish government after the detaining of 61 journalists and the shuttering of 131 media organizations—including 29 publishing houses—in the wake of the attempted coup on July 15. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
In issuing a preliminary injunction, judge Brian Jackson ruled that the law “creates a chilling effect on free speech.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A collection of speakers at the Tuesday event discussed suppression of free speech in public schools, the protection of intellectual property, and how some educational software is now being crafted in the form of social media. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Censorship is when a government or authority prevents someone from speaking or writing. When a business stops producing something because it is faulty, that is product recall (Book pulled over criticism of slavery depiction, 19 January).For those who think A Birthday Cake for George Washington... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]