Computer scientist, ACLU challenge digital-copyright law
Federal lawsuit argues programmers, researchers should have free-speech protections to explore weaknesses in programs and share their research with others.  07.26.02

Anti-censorship advocate locks horns with anti-pornography filterers
Meet Bennett Haselton, Internet activist: founder of Peacefire, hero to Web-savvy kids, villain to filtering proponents.  06.22.02

Fate of Internet-filtering law now in hands of judges
Federal panel hears nearly two weeks of testimony in American Library Association's challenge to Children's Internet Protection Act.  04.05.02

Dirty words, pictures take center stage in battle over Internet smut
Trial over Children's Internet Protection Act begins second week in Philadelphia courtroom.  04.01.02

Judges hear testimony opposing Internet filtering at libraries
Linguistics researcher says federal law can't be enforced because no technology exists that can block access to all objectionable Web sites without infringing on free speech.  03.27.02

Voice of America works to circumvent China's Net defenses
Officials say they expect to hire CIA-funded Internet company to set up servers aimed at anonymously routing Chinese surfers to censored sites.  09.03.01

Instilling moral character more effective than installing Internet filters
By Charles Haynes Students logging onto school computers after spring break may find a lot less traffic on the information highway.  04.15.01

Bush allows new medical-privacy regulations to go into effect
Disappointed press advocates had hoped for changes to rules they said would stifle newsgathering.  04.13.01

Nationwide initiative to promote the First Amendment in schools
News release ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and the First Amendment Center announced today the launch of "First Amendment Schools," a nationwide initiative designed to transform how public schools model and teach students the rights and responsibilities of the First Amendment and citizenship in a democracy.  03.15.01

The First Amendment in Public Schools
For much of this nation's history, public schools have been charged with the vital mission of transmitting the principles and ideals of the First Amendment to each succeeding generation of Americans.  03.01.01