Censorship - Academic & Educational Archive

Files in this Archive

acm_v_iit.alert: Information on ACM-IIT v Illinois Institute of Technology
censorship_ala.definition: American Library Association Definition of Censorship
cmu_usenet_censorship.docs: Letters from CMU staff and EFF staff regarding Usenet censorship
school_censorship_aclu.article: Descriptions of various school censorship cases and court rulings in those cases
school_censorship.article: Article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer about the censorship of high school student Paul Kim's Web page and the dramatic consequences of this censorship

Censorware/: link to directory of information on Internet content rating, filtering and labeling technologies (censorware), especially as they are imposed on schools and libraries; includes links to legal cases.
CAF/: Link to the EFF-hosted Computers and Academic Freedom Project archive.
Baker_UMich_case/: Link to directory of info on the Jake Baker v. U. of Michigan case - censorship, or protection from threats and harassment?
CMU_censorship/: Link to directory of information concerning online censorship disputes at Carnegie-Mellon University.
Libraries/: directory of information on the disputes over library censorship, especially in the areas of Internet content and online access

Student Press Law Center
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE): a nonprofit educational foundation devoted to free speech, individual liberty, religious freedom, the rights of conscience, legal equality, due process, and academic freedom on our nation's campuses.
Peacefire: a nonprofit organization representing the interests of people under 18 in the debate over freedom of speech on the Internet. Peacefire focuses mostly on censorware (Internet content filtering software) in libraries and schools.
"Bonfire of the Liberties: Censorship of the Humanities": a history of censorship compiled by the Texas Council for the Humanities.
Banned Books On-Line: A special exhibit of books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts.
Peacefire: A youth anti-censorship organization, particularly active in combatting censorware in schools and libraries.