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Censorship came to British America with the Mayflower "when the governor of Plymouth, Massachusetts, William Bradford learned [in 1629] [4] that Thomas Morton of Merrymount, in addition to his other misdeed, had 'composed sundry rhymes and verses, some tending to lasciviousness' the only solution was to send a military expedition to break up Morton's high-living."
We need to get the United States out of the censorship business by passing a law barring any federal funds for the use of censorship, including grants to academic and NGO groups.
The Ancien régime, for example, is well known for having implemented censorship. In 1851, Napoleon III declared himself emperor . The wealthier citizens immediately saw in him a way to protect their privileges , that were put in danger by the French Revolution of 1848 , which threatened to re-organise the social hierarchy .
There are many examples of accusations of bias being used as a political tool, sometimes resulting in government censorship. [ original research? ] [ globalize ] In the United States , in 1798, Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Acts , which prohibited newspapers from publishing "false, scandalous, or malicious writing" against the ...
Censorship of educational research databases; Censorship of school curricula in the United States; Censorship of student media in the United States; Childe Byron; Civil War newspaper suppression in Oregon; Clear and present danger; Comics Code Authority; Comstock Act of 1873; The Cradle Will Rock
Former President Donald Trump and a legion of U.S. conservatives have complained loudly that Big Tech somehow treats right-leaning users and content differently than others on the political spectrum.
In the 21st century in the United States, Republican lawmakers have proposed or enacted legislation to censor school curricula that taught about comprehensive sex education, [20] LGBTQ people, [21] higher-order thinking skills, [22] social justice, [23] sexism and racism, [24] and various left-wing political philosophies.
GOP Sen. Ted Cruz asked some tough questions about what he called concerns that the social network has censored conservative accounts and ideas.