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Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders.

Margaret Mead

Banned Books and Censorship

http://www.bookstore.com/censorship/banned.htm

Lists sites dealing with books in the U.S. and around the world that have been challenged. Not all these books end up getting banned.

Blue Ribbon Campaign for Online Free Speech

http://www.eff.org/blueribbon.html

One of the premier sites dealing with electronically relayed free speech and press. Extensive material and global links covering this issue. The origin of the Blue Ribbon icon of support for the cause. Ranks number six on the Webcrawler “Top 25 Most Linked to Sites.” Contains the full text of the Communications Decency Amendment of the 1996 Telecommunication Act.

Bonfire of Liberties: Censorship of the Humanities

http://www.humanities-interactive.org/bonfireindex.html

If the opportunity does not present itself to see this traveling showcase on the history and roots of censorship, this site is the next best thing.

Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition

http://www.ciec.org/

Rulings and reactions from officials involved, as well as concerned observers, regarding the Commun-ications Decency Act. Regularly updated with new developments in the case, as well as links to the background of the case and those involved in it.

The Indecency Page

http://cctr.umkc.edu/userx/bhugh/indecent.html

Dedicated to making as much fun of the Commun-ications Decency Act as possible, though this page could in no way be called indecent. Links to many related sites.

Index on Censorship

http://www.oneworld.org/index_oc/index.html

The most recent and back issues of this magazine are available in their entirety online. Look here for well-written articles on the repercussions of freedom of speech in our everyday lives.

Know Your Enemies

http://www.eff.org/pub/Groups/BCFE/bcfenatl.html

Where to go to find brief summaries on many of the more notorious enemies of free speech. Within each description are links to other articles dealing with their histories and cohorts.

National Coalition Against Censorship—Censorship News

http://www.ncac.org/onhome.html

Lists articles from the NCAC’s newsletter, Censorship News, which is published quarterly. Includes articles about freedom of expression, school censorship, free flow of information, obscenity laws, and more. Also includes information about the NCAC and its purpose.

Project Censored

http://censored.sonoma.edu/censored/

Devoted to listing online news stories that impact all of us, but that weren’t well publicized. Not the place to go if you want to remain in a good mood. This site might cause the hairs on your neck to rise and fists to form.