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Quote of the Day: Full-blown Stalinists
There is nothing more cowardly and corrupt than a lawbreaking political leader who threatens the free press when they call him to account. – Cory Doctorow on David Cameron’s threat to seek a court...
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On Censorship and Moderation
John Scalzi said it, but it’s worth repeating. So I’m repeating it: 3. If you conflate editorial standards and procedure with issues of freedom of speech and censorship, particularly when you are able...
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Quote of the day: Hanlon’s razor
[T]here is still a sense that Allah’s name was deliberately inserted into the video and then desecrated. Rather than the rather more obvious explanation that an LA costume designer went out looking for...
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Quote of the day: Enough
At some point, we need to stand up for the civil liberties and human rights that are fundamental to our values. Those values are not racist; they do not undermine religious freedom and tolerance, and...
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Tout est pardonné
The cover of the next issue of Charlie Hebdo has been released (via). The caption reads “All is Forgiven.” And while I’m on the subject, I have seen some – frankly rather weaselly – accusations...
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Goodwin’s Law and Social Justice Warriors
In a footnote to a post, Martín Ferrari makes the following observation: At this point, using the term SJW in a discussion should equate to a Godwin, and mean that you lost the argument. Pedantry...
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Gollum experts to decide if Erdogan was insulted
This rather glorious headline comes from EUObserver A Turkish judge has ordered an “expert investigation” into the Lord of the Rings character Gollum to determine whether comparing President Erdogan to...
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Stupid never learns
From the terms of use of the London 2012 Olympic website (handily archived for posterity by Index on Censorship): Links to the Site. You may create your own link to the Site, provided that your link is...
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Share the love
Today is I love Free Software day, a day to acknowledge the effort of all the people that contribute to the software that we all rely on. There is much that can be said about Free Software but it all...
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Quote of the Day: On Liberty
The last thing many of us want to hear after an attack on our values as a democracy, is that the very values of our civilisation must be curtailed. — Jim Killock
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