In the US, the airwaves and the internet often include offensive, racist, unhinged, and violent rhetoric. Given the very limited degree to which the US government can intervene in the content of speech, underpinned by the First Amendment, there is virtually no way to ban destructive rhetoric through the legal and regulatory system. US society thereby depends on “free-market censorship” to sanction hate speech. This paradigm holds that offensive speech can be “defeated” in the marketplace of ideas through a variety of mechanisms. This presumes that the truth is more commercially profitable than lies, which is not always the case. Offensive shows attract an audience drawn to deranged rhetoric. If the show becomes commercially successful, the ...
During periods of concern about the content of television programming, Congress often threatens to l...
Silicon Valley has long been viewed as a full-throated champion of First Amendment values. The domin...
Censorship can backfire because it is usually viewed as a violation of the right to free expression,...
In the US, the airwaves and the internet often include offensive, racist, unhinged, and violent rhet...
When a speaker expresses general revolutionary rhetoric or denigrates various domestic enemies, th...
The regulation of speech is a highly sensitive and always evolving ethical, political, and legal iss...
HATE dispels misunderstandings plaguing our perennial debates about hate speech vs. free speech, s...
This article examines the origin and development of the concept of market censorship, ambiguities im...
Volume 29, Issue 8, published January 14, 1994. This issue of The Sword is from the 1993-1994 academ...
Starting from the classic ethical problems and reviewing the modern regulated ethical norms regardin...
Depuis les années 1990, différentes disciplines universitaires ont souligné la complexité de la cens...
This article, pivoting on events and controversies that occurred in 2007, addresses two questions af...
Free Speech and Hate Speech in the United States explores the concept and treatment of hate speech i...
Music is intended to be expressive and unconstrained, a tool of communicating emotion and bridging h...
Five years down the line from the Defamation Act 2013 coming into force, its effect on freedom of sp...
During periods of concern about the content of television programming, Congress often threatens to l...
Silicon Valley has long been viewed as a full-throated champion of First Amendment values. The domin...
Censorship can backfire because it is usually viewed as a violation of the right to free expression,...
In the US, the airwaves and the internet often include offensive, racist, unhinged, and violent rhet...
When a speaker expresses general revolutionary rhetoric or denigrates various domestic enemies, th...
The regulation of speech is a highly sensitive and always evolving ethical, political, and legal iss...
HATE dispels misunderstandings plaguing our perennial debates about hate speech vs. free speech, s...
This article examines the origin and development of the concept of market censorship, ambiguities im...
Volume 29, Issue 8, published January 14, 1994. This issue of The Sword is from the 1993-1994 academ...
Starting from the classic ethical problems and reviewing the modern regulated ethical norms regardin...
Depuis les années 1990, différentes disciplines universitaires ont souligné la complexité de la cens...
This article, pivoting on events and controversies that occurred in 2007, addresses two questions af...
Free Speech and Hate Speech in the United States explores the concept and treatment of hate speech i...
Music is intended to be expressive and unconstrained, a tool of communicating emotion and bridging h...
Five years down the line from the Defamation Act 2013 coming into force, its effect on freedom of sp...
During periods of concern about the content of television programming, Congress often threatens to l...
Silicon Valley has long been viewed as a full-throated champion of First Amendment values. The domin...
Censorship can backfire because it is usually viewed as a violation of the right to free expression,...