Today we wrap up our discussion of the media by talking about how the government interacts with and influences the content we see. Now it may be easy to assume that because we live in a free-market capitalist society, the only real...

Don’t speak your mind! Don’t write about the truth!

That’s what it’s like in the world of Fahrenheit 451. The mass media is a joke and independent thought is dangerous. As for books, they’re burned… sometimes with their owners!...

In the last week an old conversation about social media fairness as reignited, with those on the right claiming that their views are being suppressed by social media. So in this video, we investigate the claim and discover whether the...

Pupil outcome: I can describe what censorship is and explain its positives and negatives. Key learning points: - Sometimes media is censored due to potentially causing offence, sensitive content, or harmful content. - Inconvenience...

Suzanne Nossel currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of PEN America, the leading human rights and free expression organization, and she is author of Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All. Since joining in 2013, she has...

Ewa Dziedzic-Elliott is a media specialist at The College of New Jersey. She is also the President of The New Jersey Association of School Librarians (NJASL) Ewa has 10 years of experience as a K-12 librarian, including work in both...

This week President Trump has been taking swings at Twitter after they started fact-checking his tweets. Trump promised big moves and an executive order to limit the power of social media sites. And... well he delivered an executive...

In episode 82 of Supreme Court Briefs, after two so-called journalists in Minneapolis publish fake news about politicians, they get in trouble for breaking a Minnesota censorship law. But what the heck? What about the First Amendment?

Nadine Strossen, the former president of the ACLU, argues that censorship does more harm than good—especially when it comes to social media platforms. In an interview filmed at the 2018 Aspen Ideas Festival in June, Strossen explains...

Since they got back into power in 2010 the Conservatives have attempted to censor the internet and more specifically adult content. So in this video, we run through their latest attempt the Online Safety Bill and what these changes mean...

More and more people are now online across the globe, opening up communities and exposing new cultures, what is the future of the ‘information superhighway’ and how are governments and organisations currently ‘filtering’ and regulating...

With Parler closed down, conservatives now have few dependable platforms to speak through. We look at a few of the most popular alternatives.

"Good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a generation for failure." Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues that as a society we are enabling a new form of explosive censorship, fueled by social media, which is eroding trust and...

For decades, George Carlin was one of the most original and popular comedians to take the stage. His “Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV” routine is often hailed as a masterpiece of standup comedy and helped him get the title of one of...

Cathy Collins has worked as a Library Media & Technology Specialist for 23 years at the K-12 level. She is currently serving as a Library Media Specialist at Sharon Middle School. She holds a Doctorate in Education with a...

Suzanne Nossel currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of PEN America, the leading human rights and free expression organization, and she is author of Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All. Since joining in 2013, she has...

Ewa Dziedzic-Elliott is a media specialist at The College of New Jersey. She is also the President of The New Jersey Association of School Librarians (NJASL) Ewa has 10 years of experience as a K-12 librarian, including work in both...

Michael Anti (aka Jing Zhao) has been blogging from China for 12 years. Despite the control the central government has over the Internet -- "All the servers are in Beijing" -- he says that hundreds of millions of microbloggers are in...

Free speech is at the heart of a healthy democracy, but in recent years it has come under attack. Controversial views are being silenced to protect vulnerable people from harm. The Economist's Jon Fasman offers his take on how societies...

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Over one billion hours of YouTube videos are viewed every day. A new generation of content creators are harnessing the power of the social-media platform, but they're also grappling with issues surrounding censorship and free speech.

Johnson's government have promised some pretty radical changes, but could these affect your rights online? We discuss the governments latest plans regarding social media and online censorship.

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