Monthly Archives: March 2009

Censorship in Medical Research

By |2020-01-03T13:20:06-05:00March 3rd, 2009|Blog|

A recent paper in the journal, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, examines censorship in medical research. Giovanni A. Fava describes the damages to intellectual freedom that result when academic medical researchers are influenced by corporate and special interests. He notes that censorship can take several forms in this arena, from suppression of accurate data that conflicts with industry interests, to retaliation against [...]

MD Appeals Court upholds protections for anonymous posting under First Amendment

By |2020-01-03T13:20:06-05:00March 2nd, 2009|Blog|

The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that Independent Newspapers, which runs the forum Newszap.com, could not be forced to reveal the identities of online posters who had written critical comments about a Dunkin’ Donuts. The owner of the restaurant, Zebulon J. Brodie,  claimed that the commenters had defamed him and called on Independent Newspapers to reveal their identities. [...]

Letter to UNCW Chancellor Rosemary DePaolo

By |2016-01-15T15:14:55-05:00March 2nd, 2009|Incidents|

Rosemary DePaolo Chancellor UNC Wilmington 601 South College Road Wilmington, N.C. 28403-3297 [email protected] February 27, 2009 Dear Chancellor DePaolo- On behalf of the National Coalition Against Censorship, an alliance of over 50 national non-profit organizations united in defense of free expression, I would like to express deep concern over the removal of a substantial part of The Century Project photo [...]

UNC Wilmington pulls nude photographs of minors from The Century Project

By |2020-01-05T23:15:46-05:00March 2nd, 2009|Updates|

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at UNCW Resigns Brian Chapman, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, resigned this week after a less than a year-long tenure. The resignation came shortly after the UNCW Faculty Senate passed a motion admonishing the UNCW administration for not consulting with the Women's Resource Center, [...]

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