6 posts and columns on free expression

Voices

Justices Split on Violent Games

in News on November 3, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

The Supreme Court seemed split Tuesday over First Amendment protection for videogames, scrambling the justices’ typical ideological lineup in a conflict between a new medium’s free expression rights and government efforts to shield youth from bad influences.

Voices

Videogames as Free-Speech Issue

in News on November 1, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Videogame designers at ZeniMax Media Inc.’s Bethesda Softworks destroyed a virtual U.S. Capitol, Jefferson Memorial and other landmarks in the Mature-rated “Fallout 3,” which depicts the ruins of post-apocalyptic Washington. They didn’t bother to obliterate the U.S. Supreme Court. But in the real world, that’s where the $10.5 billion videogame industry faces its greatest threat.

News Byte

Brazil Makes the Most Content Takedown Demands of Google

in News on September 21, 2010 at 10:59 am PT

Google’s second report on government transparency, released today, shows that Brazilian officials asked 398 times to have content removed from the Web in the first half of 2010 — more than twice as often as Libya, which was next in line with 149 requests. The U.S. and Germany were close behind with 128 and 124, respectively. The report ranks the number of government takedown requests from 35 countries, with the aim of helping to promote free expression and competition in emerging markets.

Voices

Chinese Video Takes Aim at Online Censorship

in News on February 12, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

The latest battle over Internet freedom in China is playing out in an online movie that pits an armored blue beast and his band of antiauthoritarian rogues against a sinister force called Harmony that seeks to clean up the Web.

Walt’s Digg Dialogg with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski

in Mossblog on December 2, 2009 at 11:27 am PT

Walt recently sat down to interview FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, and asked him the top questions submitted via Digg.com. Check out the entire interview right here.

Cloud Gaming?

in News on March 24, 2009 at 11:00 am PT