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CENSORSHIP
Banned Books
On-Line From the On-Line Books Page, a hypertext feature on books, from
Ulysses to Little Red Riding Hood, that have been subject to censorship.
The Censored Cartoons
Page: old cartoons, now censored, generally for racist content.
Cyber-rights &
Cyber-liberties Detailed but somewhat cluttered site devoted to UK
Internet legal issues Electronic Frontier
Foudnation (EFF); promotes free speech and digital rights online.
Happiness is a Rectilinear
Kitten Cruel.com on how freedom of speech vanishes when some
think the joke too dark. The Melon Farmers' Video
Hits Censorship watch: the UK film scene, censorship politics, and
abuse of Customs powers. The Memory Hole: notes
and preserves expunged information, political and cultural. P E A C E F I R E Teen-run pressure
group opposing 'CensorWare' blocking software, which blocks sites mistakenly
and on political agendas. The
Savoy Web Site Savoy, the much-prosecuted Manchester publisher of
horror satire. Tijuana
Bibles Salon / Art Spiegelman feature on these subversive 1920s-1950s
pornographic comics. Kilgore Trout Page What
do Samuel R Delany, Nicholson Baker and Anne Rice have in common? |
ISSUES &
IDEAS
A-Z of Euromyths
European Commision site debunking UK tabloid scares. BCCLA: the use
of graphology Canadian civil liberties group on its misuse in employee
testing.
Bully OnLine: excellent
resource site on the endemic problem of bullying in the workplace.
Butterflies and
Wheels: "fighting fashionable nonsense" such as politically motivated
pseudoscience. Celebrity
Atheists: as well as agnostics and other non-theists.
The final verdict: Aroup
Chatterjee's indictment of Mother Teresa.
Forbidden
thoughts about 9/11 Salon.com reveals the thoughts of
Americans who didn't have the 'correct' reaction to events. Heartless Bitches
International A breath of fresh air for the emotionally rational of
either sex. Ian Rowland: Beyond the
Psychic: professional cold reader, who also makes objects whose
construction apparently needs paranormal abilities
Illegal Art: asserting the
right of artists under USA law to adapt pre-existing material. Intellectual
Property: The Attack on Public Space in Cyberspace: how IP law is used
to suppress satire of corporate materials. Jim Lippard's Home Page :
Internet civil liberties, skepticism, atheism, scams, spams and Usenet
crazies.
Nanniebots:
Hoax, Fraud, or Delusion?: the collective online demolition of an AI
claim, after uncritical reports in the UK press. National Secular
Society UK organisation campaigning for a non-religious state and
repeal of blasphemy laws Never
mind the facts: the straight dope on the unsubstantiated MMR/autism
connection. QuackWatch Page
of critical essays and links on bogus and unproven therapies.
richardwebster.net: essays
on Western culture, UK politics, and modern witch hunts. Alan Sokal: who hoaxed
the journal Social Text to argue that the Humanities field is ridden
with deliberately obscure pseudo-scientific claptrap The Skeptic's Dictionary Home Page A
skeptic's guide to the new millennium.
War,
Propaganda and the Media at GlobalIssues.org, a detailed analysis of
the way public opinion is manipulated in wartime. |
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HISTORY & MYTHOLOGY | WONDERFUL & WEIRD
SCIENCE THE ARTS, BOOKS & MEDIA |
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& WEB DESIGN CENSORSHIP & OTHER ISSUES | FOOD, DRINK & EDIBLES |
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