February 2012 - National Coalition Against Censorship

NCAC and FIRE Issue Joint Letter To Villanova U. on Cancellation of Tim Miller Artist-In-Residency

By Michael O'Neil|2020-01-03T13:43:21-05:00February 24th, 2012|Blog|

This week, Villanova University's administration cancelled a weeklong, artist-in-residency program led by performance artist Tim Miller. NCAC and FIRE are calling on Villanova to reverse this decision. The joint letter (below) points out that the decision to cancel Miller's residency violates the principle of academic freedom. Miller is known as one of the "NEA Four" – four artists whose grants [...]

NCAC and FIRE Issue Joint Letter To Villanova U. on Cancellation of Tim Miller Artist-In-Residency

Incidents

NCAC and FIRE Issue Joint Letter To Villanova U. on Cancellation of Tim Miller Artist-In-Residency

By NCAC Staff|2020-01-03T13:43:22-05:00February 24th, 2012|Incidents|

We are calling on Villanova to reverse this decision and the damage it will cause to academic freedom within the university community

Forbidden Love (of Reading): Censored and Challenged Books for Valentine’s Day

By Michael O'Neil|2020-01-03T13:43:20-05:00February 14th, 2012|Blog|

by Michael O'Neil The book is a romantic thing. From spotting potential sweeties by the books they're reading, to the countless authors who have feverishly committed tales of love to paper for the form, books engage the mind and elicit passion, intrigue and a cozy kind of intimacy perhaps unmatched by any other medium. So to celebrate Valentine's Day, let's [...]

New Signers to Tucson Statement

By Michael O'Neil|2019-03-07T23:31:35-05:00February 8th, 2012|Blog|

We're happy to welcome two new national organizations to our joint statement against the censorship of Mexican-American Studies in the Tucson Unified School District: the National Association for Ethnic Studies and the National Association for Bilingual Education!

Art Censorship in 2011: Nudity, Sexuality, Religion, Politics, and… Meat?!

By Megan Bellamy|2022-12-09T14:16:03-05:00February 6th, 2012|Blog|

2012 has already brought a few cases of censored art to our attention: Microsoft Skydrive froze UK blogger Michael Ohajuru's storage account because Modigliani’s painting “Reclining Nude” violated Microsoft's Code of Conduct which prohibits images that “depict nudity of any sort”; and ?zmir Metropolitan Municipality removed three photographs (below) from the exhibition “Aykiri” (Contrary) at the Izmir Art Center in Turkey as they reportedly [...]

iCensor: Censorship in the Digital Age

By NCAC Staff|2019-04-08T14:03:19-04:00February 3rd, 2012|Censorship News Articles|

Social media platforms are owned by private corporations that have no obligations under the First Amendment to uphold free speech rights, but are increasingly in the position to control information.

The Long and the Short of It

By NCAC Staff|2016-01-19T10:39:53-05:00February 3rd, 2012|Censorship News Articles|

Show your support for NCAC at our Annual Celebration of Free Speech and Its Defenders on November 29 at Tribeca Three Sixty° in Manhattan. Don Weisberg, President, Penguin Young Readers Group will Chair. We will honor Laurie Halse Anderson, Paul M. Smith, and Kaylie Jones. For more information, including tickets and other sponsorship opportunities, see our online event journal [...]

From the Director: Reviewers Count The Words, Miss The Point

By NCAC Staff|2019-03-07T23:11:28-05:00February 3rd, 2012|Censorship News Articles|

Issue 115, Winter 2011 In Republic, MO there’s a battle going on over the hearts and minds – and religion and morality – of public school students. The complaint that started the debate says: It is an abomination to God to expose children to books like Slaughterhouse Five . . . It is difficult to understand how a school board [...]

The First Amendment In The Courts

By NCAC Staff|2019-03-07T23:11:27-05:00February 3rd, 2012|Censorship News Articles|

Updates on Video Games and the FCC

Keeping Kids in the Dark

By NCAC Staff|2019-03-07T23:11:27-05:00February 3rd, 2012|Censorship News Articles|

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal criticizing “dark” themes in YA literature set off a firestorm of protest: authors such as Sherman Alexie and Chris Crutcher, among others, passionately and eloquently defended novels that delve into previously “taboo” topics.

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