Free Expression Network Clearinghouse

2002

 

See also 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998.

Survey Finds Americans Back Government Removal of Online Info (Free!) - posted 09/06/02

Ohio Anti-Porn Law Put On Hold (Free!) - posted 08/05/02

Major League Baseball Orders Student to Shut Down Mets Web Site (SPLC) - posted 07/31/02

States Target Unwanted E-mail (Free!) - posted 07/27/02

In Legal First, ACLU Sues Over New Copyright Law: Says Blocking Program Lists Should Be Revealed (ACLU) - posted 07/25/02

Minnesota Abortion Foe Must Shutter Web Sites (Free!) - posted 07/24/02

Lawmakers Push Anti-Spam Bills (Free!) - posted 07/22/02

Abortion Foe Sued In Cybersquatting Dispute (Free!) - posted 07/19/02

ACLU Challenges Arizona Law That Censors Anti-Death Penalty Web Sites (ACLU) - posted 07/18/02

Read the ACLU's Complaint (PDF)

Minnesota High Court: Internet Critic Can't Be Sued In Alabama (Free!) - posted 07/15/02

Privacy Groups Demand Protection of Users’ Anonymity Online (ACLU & EFF) - posted 07/11/02

Court Censors Tax Site, Restricts Searches (EFF) - posted 07/10/02

ACLU Warns of Threat to Online Free Speech From Cable Monopolies (ACLU) - posted 07/10/02

Seattle Man Tones Down Web Site Rather Than Risk More Jail Time (Free!) - posted 06/21/02

Government to Appeal Ruling On Library Net Filtering to High Court (Free!) - posted 06/21/02

Judge Frees Man Jailed for Web Postings (Free!) - posted 06/18/02

ALA Applauds Federal Court Ruling on the Children's Internet Protection Act (ALA) - posted 05/31/02

Read the Opinion in ALA v. United States

See also:
Federal Court Rejects Government Censorship in Libraries, Citing Free Speech Rights of Patrons (ACLU)
Federal Court Rules Against Web Filtering Law (PFAW)
Federal Law Requiring Net Filtering at Libraries Thrown Out (Free!)
• EPIC's CIPA Page

Case Before California High Court to Determine State's Jurisdiction Over Internet Lawsuits (SPLC) - posted 05/16/02

Maintaining Ban on Internet Censorship Law, Supreme Court Asks Lower Court to Revisit Ruling (ACLU) - posted 05/13/02

Read the Opinion in Ashcroft v. ACLU

See also:
EPIC's COPA Page
Supreme Court Partially Upholds COPA (Free!) - posted 05/13/02

Media Groups Challenge Ohio's New Anti-Porn Law (Free!) - posted 05/07/02

In Two Internet Free Speech Cases Reaching Appeals Courts, ACLU Sees Disturbing Censorship Trend (ACLU) - posted 05/06/02

Lawmakers, Ashcroft Work to Restore Ban on Virtual Child Porn (Free!) - posted 05/02/02

Study: Laws, Filters Alone Won't Protect Children From Net Porn (Free!) - posted 05/02/02

Federal Judge Strikes Down Vermont Child-Porn Law (Free!) - posted 04/23/02

Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Virtual Child Porn (Free!) - posted 04/17/02

Click here to read the Opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court in Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition (PDF Format)

Supreme Court Strikes Down Another Attempt by Congress to Restrict Free Speech (ACLU) - posted 04/16/02

NCAC Hails Recent U.S. Supreme Court Ruling as Victory for Free Speech (NCAC) - posted 04/16/02

High Court Rejects Child-Porn Law That "Turns the First Amendment Upside Down" (Free!) - posted 04/17/02

Fate of Internet-Filtering Law Now in Hands of Judges (Free!) - posted 04/05/02

Librarians Take the Stand in First Day of Trial On Government Censorship in Libraries (ACLU) - posted 03/25/02

Library Filtering Debate Goes Before Federal Panel (Free!) - posted 03/25/02

Federal Trial Starts On Internet Filtering Law (PFAW) - posted 03/22/02

California High Court to Decide Whether Critic's Mass E-Mailing was Trespassing (Free!) - posted 03/28/02

California Supreme Court to Review E-mail Pamphleteer Case (EFF) - posted 03/27/02

See also:EFF's Intel vs. Hamidi Case Archive

Student in Trouble Over Web Site Loses Round in Bid to Return to Old School (Free!) - posted 03/20/02

Pennsylvania to Require ISPs to Block Access to Child Porn Sites (Free!) - posted 03/18/02

Disregarding Judge's Order, Montana School Board Punishes Creator of "Hot Girls" Web Page (SPLC) - posted 03/14/02

House Panel OKs Kids' Web Domain (Free!) - posted 03/11/02

Internet's Reach Confounds Minnesota High Court in Free-Speech Case (Free!) - posted 03/07/02

EFF Defends Internet Linking (EFF) - posted 02/27/02

Online Newspaper in Pennsylvania Blocked From School Computers (SPLC) - posted 02/04/02

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