Free Speech Essays

Whoever thought that serious commentators would want it made illegal to have a row about the weather? One Australian columnist has proposed outlawing ‘climate change denial’. ‘David Irving is under arrest in Austria for Holocaust denial’, she wrote. ‘Perhaps there is a case for making climate change denial an offence. It is a crime against […]

The Supreme Court ruled this book was not obscene based on this three-part test: A book can be held obscene if: “the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex; the material is patently offensive because it affronts contemporary community standards relating to the description or representation […]

With the widening of the scope of Internet users, the Internet has become something of a ‘last stand’ for pundits of free speech. Given its history of independent ownership and contributions, this is hardly surprising. Here, we are concerned specifically with the freedom to criticise one’s teachers, effectively as a ‘product review’ to others currently […]

Freedom of address is a cherished characteristic of American democracy. The right to freely talk without censoring and restriction is a closely protected human right particularly in the United States. Specifying the extent to which free address is protected under the Constitution is the primary inquiry raised in one of the most controversial constitutional rights […]

The Constitution of the United States states in its First Amendment that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress […]

Is an individuals right to freedom of speech, as granted by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, valid on private property, which is owned by someone else? Specifically, can an organization not associated with a shopping center use the shopping centers property to promote their cause? The U.S. Supreme Court has left the answer […]

Freedom of speech is almost universally endorsed in western-liberal countries. Literally, speech refers only to the communication of thoughts in spoken words but more widely interpreted the concept also includes publications, television and the like. The intuitive idea of how to promote free speech is to allow more speech. Therefore, proponents of free speech oppose […]

Free speech is one of the most controversial and confusing of the amendments. Throw it into a college campus setting and it’s an extremely complex matter, especially when “Hate Speech” is involved. Many people have different views and definitions on what hate speech in tales, for instance in “Hate Speech on Campus”, Joseph S. Tuman, […]

Some basic human rights that MNCs could not violate are: the right of life, freedom from slavery or torture, freedom of opinion and expression, and general ambiance of nondiscriminatory practices. b) Would the use of third-party independent contractors insulate MNCs from being attacked? Would that practice offer MNCs a good defensive shield against charges of […]

Britain’s Chief Justice, Alexander Cockburn stated in his ruling: “The test of obscenity is whether the tendency of the matter charged as obscenity is to deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall. “(Kovarick) Although this particular case took place […]

Propaganda in the Online Free Speech Campaign Propaganda and Mass Communication July 1, 1996 In February 1996, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the first revision of our country’s communications laws in 62 years. This historic event has been greeted with primarily positive responses by most people and companies. Most […]