- North Carolina Lawmaker Forces Radio Show Off The Air After Hosts Criticized His Policies
- The Slow and Painful Death of Freedom in Canada
- Connecticut Attempt to 'Scrub' Away Arrest Reports in Dismissed Cases 'Bizarro' and Worse
- Gawker Defies Judge, Refuses To Take Down Post About Hulk Hogan Sex Tape Despite Court Order
- Blast from the Past: Silence or Death in Mexico's Press
- North Carolina: Move is afoot to make government less open —"'I am the senator. You are the citizen. You need to be quiet.' It was no coincidence that Tucker's silencing of an N.C. newspaper publisher – heard by at least three people who were there – came just after he railroaded a bill through his committee that would let government operate in more secrecy."
- Supreme Court rules states can limit FOIA requests to their own citizens—"Alito declares "noncitizens have no comparable need" for public accountability."
- Congressman: Let's Just Eliminate Useful Information Altogether—"Tea Party Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) has proposed a bill that would end the government's ability to provide any of the major economic indices, including reliable unemployment or GDP figures."
- Hawaii: Government Transparency Bill Hung Up On Release Of Proprietary Information—"Just last month, Hawaii received an 'F' when it comes to government spending transparency."
- Australian Bureau of Statistics hobbles census data downloaders—"DVDs charged at $250 a pop."
- Twenty years of a free, open web—But for how much longer?
- Governments Demanding Google Censor Online Criticism At Record Level
- The Delete Squad—"Google, Twitter, Facebook and the new global battle over the future of free speech."
- Web censorship: the net is closing in—"Across the globe governments are monitoring and censoring access to the web. And if we're not careful millions more people could find the internet fractured, fragmented and controlled by the state."
- Facebook U-turn after charities criticise decapitation videos
- Exxon Hates Your Free Speech, Tries to Censor Satirical Ad
- Australian Networks Censor Community Education Website
- China censors the word 'censorship'—"China expands 'healthy news order' as director calls censorship 'enormous torment'."
- Apple Delays Day-And-Date Comics On ComiXology, And The Banning Of Saga—It was quite a saga for Saga #12.
- The Popehat Signal: Stand Against Rank Thuggery In Ohio—Med Express has apologized for its bullying attempt of an eBay buyer, but the company has previous litigation.
- Charles Carreon Has To Pay $46K In Legal Fees—He of the Funnyjunk vs. The Oatmeal brouhaha, among others.
- Express to Internet Hate: Bus company threatens redditor with lawsuit—"Update: Pleading misunderstanding of Reddit, lawyer changes mind."
- Pain relief: patient can sue dentist who tried to censor online reviews—"Judge calls arguments for dismissing the patient's lawsuit 'ridiculous.'"
- We're Being Sued – For Linking To Shopzilla
- Fox Shuts Down Cory Doctorow's Homeland Book In Overzealous DMCA takedown
- Court denies Grooveshark DMCA protection for songs like "Johnny B. Goode"
- CipherCloud DMCA notice—Allegedly abuses DMCA to hide the insecurity and lack of security in their service.
- What Is TPP? It's the Biggest Global Threat to the Internet Since ACTA
- MPAA Executive Tampered With IFPI Evidence in Internet Piracy Case
- UK.Gov passes Instagram Act: All your pics belong to everyone now—"The Act contains changes to UK copyright law which permit the commercial exploitation of images where information identifying the owner is missing, so-called 'orphan works', by placing the work into what's known as "extended collective licensing" schemes."
- Warner Brothers sued for unauthorized use of Nyan Cat and Keyboard Cat
- I F**king Love Science and Facebook's problem with content theft
