Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Over the course of history, many nations and political organisations have utilised political censorship and propaganda in order to manipulate the public. The Ancien régime, for example, is well known for having implemented censorship. In 1851, Napoleon III declared himself emperor.
Whereas archiving worldwide censorship and campaigning for history-related topics are the Network's core operations, it also collects information on a variety of other history-related subjects: Memorial: It compiles a memorial for historians killed for political reasons from Ancient times to the present;
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."
Censorship has been criticized throughout history for being unfair and hindering progress. [citation needed] In a 1997 essay on Internet censorship, social commentator Michael Landier explains that censorship is counterproductive as it prevents the censored topic from being discussed. Landier expands his argument by claiming that those who ...
One of the responses to book censorship criticism by those in support of the recent push is to point to the fact that liberals have tried to get books by the likes of Mark Twain and Harper Lee banned.
The committee was a non-government organization mostly composed of educators, and filmmakers did not comply with the requirements, which made its attempt at censorship ineffective. [7]: 7–8 In 1926, the Hangzhou Film Censorship Board became the first in China to cooperate work with the police to implement censorship.
(The Center Square) – Faculty from two Pennsylvania universities participated in a survey on the state of free speech and self-censorship. The results reveal growing concerns about academic freedom.
The bipartisan spending bill that would avoid an upcoming government shutdown has run into trouble, with both President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk coming out against it.