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harrybarracuda
Probably why the dirty dictator is banning VPNs and access to real news.
I have added few links Harry had kept for himself...
New report from Index on Censorship paints a bleak picture for U.S. press freedom
By Benjamin Mullin • April 28, 2017
The press freedom situation in the United States is worsening not only because of President Trump's anti-press rhetoric but because of a constellation of factors including arrests, detainment, lawsuits, physical violence and outright censorship, according to a new report.
The report, released by the London-based Index on Censorship this week, chronicles the recent threats to journalist safety and freedom of expression and takes a holistic view of a worsening press freedom climate.
"Smears about the media made by U.S. President Donald Trump have obscured a wider problem with press freedom in the United States: namely widespread and low-level animosity that feeds into the everyday working lives of the nation’s journalists, bloggers and media professionals," reads the introduction to the report. "This study examines documented reports from across the country in the six months leading up to the presidential inauguration and the months after. It clearly shows that threats to U.S. press freedom go well beyond the Oval Office."
New report from Index on Censorship paints a bleak picture for U.S. press freedom ? Poynter
A History of Censorship in the United States
by Tom Head
Updated July 24, 2017
The right to free speech is a long-standing US tradition, but actually respecting the right to free speech is not. According to the ACLU, censorship is "the suppression of words, images or ideas that are "offensive," and it happens "whenever some people succeed in imposing their personal political or moral values on others." Our freedom of expression may be limited, says the ACLU, "only if it will clearly cause direct and imminent harm to an important societal interest."
https://www.thoughtco.com/censorship...-states-721221