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McClatchy blogs
February 05, 2012

Capitol Alert: Senate OKs nearly $13 million in settlements, attorneys fees for legal cases
January 31, 2012

Senate OKs restrictions on funeral protests
January 27, 2012

Capitol Alert: Senate approves bill restricting picketing at funerals
January 26, 2012

Viewpoints: Piracy bills crafted by 'Confederacy of Dunces'
January 24, 2012

Occupy Sacramento protesters hold free-speech 'party'
December 08, 2011

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Fight for Free Speech
February 07, 2012 | WLFI CBS 18 Lafayette

KXAN-Future of Occupy Austin unknown
February 05, 2012 | KXAN NBC 36 Austin

War of Words Heats Up Between Author and Turkish P.M.
February 03, 2012 | Newsy.com

Free Speech Wikipedia Information

Freedom of speech is the concept of being able to speak freely without censorship. It is often regarded as an integral concept in modern liberal democracies. The right to freedom of speech is guaranteed under international law through numerous human rights instruments, notably under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 10 of the European Convention on Human...

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SOPA, PROTECT IP Will Stifle Creativity and Diminish Free Speech, Says WUSTL Experts
January 18, 2012
Jan. 17, 2012 - Wikipedia and other sites plan to go dark to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act under consideration in Congress...

More Free Speech
January 13, 2012

Police Union Sues Claremont and Chamber of Commerce; Claims Free Speech Violated
January 12, 2012
Police Union Sues Claremont and Chamber of Commerce; Claims Free Speech Violated California City News, 1/12/12 In October, the city [...]

Free Speech on Trial: Ban on Protests on Supreme Court Grounds Challenged
October 25, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the...

Government Domain Name Seizures Violate First Amendment
June 21, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO, June 21, 2011 - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged a federal court to return two domain names seized in the U.S. government's...

Free Speech and Journalistic Shield or Hindering a Police Investigation?
August 17, 2011
ACLU Challenges Coercive Police Interrogation of Students at Davis High School - It all began with an article in the Davis High HUB entitled "Art or Vandalism"...

Other local news reports

UC Davis experts on the Occupy movement
December 05, 2011 | UC Davis News
First Amendment, free speech ... Alan Brownstein, constitutional law professor at the UC Davis School of Law, has expertise in issues of free speech ... Ashutosh Bhagwat, constitutional professor at the UC Davis School of Law, is an expert in free speech ...

Off Beat: Free speech for all
September 24, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
The First Amendment is alive and well in Yuba County. Well, maybe we should narrow that down. The First Amendment is alive and well on a small portion of North Beale Road. Yes...

From around the web

Weekly Wrap- up: Not on Facebook, Google Drive and Path's Privacy Issues
February 11, 2012 | Read/WriteWeb
The Iranian government is not exactly known as a champion of free speech and access to information. Thus, it's never shocking to hear about Internet censorship in the country,...

Why do the reddit admins allow child exploitation subreddits?
February 11, 2012 | reddit.com: what's new online
And why do so many redditors defend them under the guise of free speech ... And the'' free speech ... '' But when it comes to CP, you'll hear bombastic exhortations about free speech and...

A GENIUS way to protest groups like One Million Moms without impeding on their right...
February 10, 2012 | reddit.com: what's new online
And in a situation that is similar to the Westboro Baptist Chuch people, due to allowing them their free speech ... right to free speech. What do you think? Can we do it? Edit:...

Privacy and speech
February 10, 2012 | BuzzMachine
Two notable decisions in Europe reflect the tension between privacy and free speech. The European Court of Human Rights came down on the side of press freedom -- thus speech --...

140 characters can get Indonesians 12 years in jail
February 09, 2012 | VentureBeat
Indonesia has a strained history with free speech issues and open media, so a ...

Misunderstander of Islam who threatened South Park creators over Muhammad cartoon...
February 09, 2012 | Jihad Watch
Younus Abdullah Mohammad's lawyer, James Hundley, said that his case presented free speech issues. It did, but not the ones Hundley had in mind. Younus Abdullah Mohammad has...

Free Speech on twitter

	RT @spikedonline: When police can confiscate a fanzine over a ‘potentially offensive’ joke, it is time to stand up for free speech... http://t.co/lpUUOfRY Twitter: @TykingLiberties
	When police can confiscate a fanzine over a ‘potentially offensive’ joke, it is time to stand up for free speech... http://t.co/lpUUOfRY Twitter: @spikedonline
	the problem with free speech is it sometimes conveys intent Twitter: @dc_us
	The free speech poll http://t.co/F8QsYPm4 #bitcoin Twitter: @bitcoininfo
	Not seen @Joey7Barton tweet for a while.hope he hasn't been forced off Twitter for using his right for free speech Twitter: @SteelCityRocker
	Privchat A4 I'm less sympathetic about inappropriate/questionable socmed behavior. Free Speech =/ CoIC4i Twitter: @mortelyrbryi1