Tag Archive | Canada
Censorship in America: Hate Speech Overview
Hate speech is, outside the law, any communication that disparages a person or a group on the basis of some characteristic such as race, color, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, or other characteristic. In law, hate speech is any speech, gesture or conduct, writing, or display which is forbidden because it may incite [...]
Dangerous Cybercrime Treaty Pushes Surveillance and Secrecy Worldwide
Written by Katitza Rodriguez As part of an emerging international trend to try to ‘civilize the Internet’, one of the world’s worst Internet law treaties–the highly controversial Council of Europe (CoE) Convention on Cybercrime–is back on the agenda. Canada and Australia are using the Treaty to introduce new invasive, online surveillance laws, many of which [...]
Canadian Officials Censoring Scientists Whose Results They Don’t Like
Slashdot points us to a troubling report out of Canada, concerning a scientist who appears to have been given something of a gag order concerning her research about depleted salmon stocks. I have to admit that the article in the Vancouver Sun is not particularly clear at all as to why the scientist herself can’t [...]
Censorship Gone Too Far? Canadian Catholic School Bans Rainbows
When it comes to (man-made) rainbows, students are told to stick it where the sun don’t shine. An Ontario Catholic high school is so adamant about pushing gay issues under the rug that it’s banned rainbows. According to Xtra!, a Canadian gay and lesbian news site, the multicolored motif is off-limits because of its association [...]
Three Acts Of Comic Book Censorship
Source: Bleeding Cool How does it feel to be a cartoonist or a caricaturist when the state can ban even the concept? Welcome to an the new Press Freedom Caricature Exhibition in Turkey, opened with the panel, “Press Freedom in the Light of Humour and Comics”, with some very intriguing historical notes, and a reminder [...]
Canada Election 2011: NDP Censor Facebook Video
Source: Oye! Times – By Stephan Pate NDP candidate does flip-flop pulling video from Facebook page in effort to limit free expression. Are the NDP delirious this week? The last week of an election campaign can be a strange time but no stranger than here in Charlottetown, PEI. NDP candidate Joe Byrne has pulled a [...]
Canada Government Monitoring Online Forums to Correct “Misinformation”
Source: Leak Source The next time you post an opinion in an online forum or a Facebook group message board, don’t be surprised if you get a rebuttal from a federal employee. The government is looking for ways to monitor online chatter about political issues and correct what it perceives as misinformation. The move started [...]
Colin Firth Challenges Weinstein’s Censoring of ‘The King’s Speech’
Source: Examiner.com – By Marilyn Sparks Colin Firth has spoken against the Weinstein Company and their plan to slice, dice and censor their Oscar winning hit, The King’s Speech, as a way to keep the “gravy train” rolling. The LA Times reports that Harry Weinstein (Executive Producer and distributor of The King’s Speech ) wants [...]
Book Censorship is ‘Patronising’ Students
Source: Times of Malta The Arts Students Association (ASA) has reiterated its position against censorship in the light of the recent book controversy in secondary schools and at University. The organisation is in favour of age guidelines and certification but does not agree with outright bans and sectioning. “The sectioning of a series of books [...]
Canada’s Censor Board Forces Word TV Off Air “Permanently”
Source: Canada Free Press – By Dr. Charles McVety Jerusalem, Israel—While travelling together in Israel as part of the Christian Ambassadors to Israel mission, 20 prominent Canadian leaders vow to fight Canada’s censor board that has pressured CTS Television to remove Word TV from the air “permanently”. In December, the CRTC, through their Canadian Broadcast [...]
Recent Censorship Rewrites History, Music & Modern Art
Source: Pipe Dream – By Kathleen Rubino Censorship plays a crucial role in society; however, recently, censorship may seem to be going a bit too far. Classic novels are reworked to be more politically correct — songs by popular rock bands are being banned from airwaves and artwork is being removed from exhibits. This begs [...]
Jan 21, 1977: President Carter Pardons Draft Dodgers
On this day in 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter grants an unconditional pardon to hundreds of thousands of men who evaded the draft during the Vietnam War. In total, some 100,000 young Americans went abroad in the late 1960s and early 70s to avoid serving in the war. Ninety percent went to Canada, where after [...]
