This week the class decided to discuss censorship, chilling effects, ‘selective history’, net neutrality, WikiLeaks, and related topics.
Readings
- “Ethical Debate: Censorship,” Museums Association
- “Film Censorship,” Digital History.
- Adams, “Net Neutrality, the FCC, Wikileaks and the Future of Internet Freedom,” NaturalNews.com (December 7, 2010)
- Anti, “Beyond the Great Firewall of China” (TED Talk, Jul 2012)
- Ball, “Internet Anti-Censorship Tools Are Being Overwhelmed by Demand,” Washington Post (October 21, 2012)
- Choe Sang-Hun, “Korea Policing the Net. Twist? It’s South Korea,” New York Times (August 12, 2012)
- Daniels, “Selective History,” Brave New World (March 13, 2007)
- Elton & Kay, “No Sex Please, We’re Canadian,” PEN (June 5, 2012)
- Franzen, “Twitter’s New Selective ‘Censorship’ Draws Fire,” TPM (January 27, 2012)
- Grudo, “Censorship Controversy Continues after Stonewall Museum Removes Exhibit,” SouthFloridaGayNews.com (September 26, 2012)
- Hafner, “History, Digitized (and Abridged),” New York Times (March 10, 2007)
- Holman, “Sensitive Native American Photographic Images: Stepping Back to Look at the Big Picture,” Smithsonian Museum Studies
- Rojanaphruk, “Beware the Perils of Selective History,” The Nation (June 13, 2012)
- Siegel, “Art Museum’s Censorship Destroys Its Integrity,” Mondoweiss (September 15, 2011)
- Turcotte, “Editorial: Censoring Sex,” Xtra! (June 7, 2012)
Sources to Consider
- “Cyber Crime Becoming #1 Crime in North America,” Canada Newswire (May 21, 2008)
- Global Internet Freedom Consortium
- Social Media Filtering Map (Open Net Initiative)
- Tor Project FAQ
- Museum of Censored Art
- Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act (Wikipedia)
- WikiLeaks (Wikipedia)
William J Turkel 