SXSW Panel: Keep the Internet International, Not Internal

Combating nations' "race to the bottom" of the web

"...In the halcyon days of the early internet, users envisioned a future in which information would freely..."

March 10, 2018 SXSW Post by Tucker Whatley

An Fear, Panic and Censorship

"...Directed by: David Kenny. Fear, Panic and Censorship is a BBC documentary about the debate surrounding "video..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SOPA: A Bad Idea Falls Off – For Now

After an Internet blackout, lawmakers see the light

"...to understand why the bills were bad for the Internet, as opponents – including major Internet companies like Google..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Off the Desk:

"...to poor and middle-class families, and a supporter of Internet censorship." Whew!..."

Aug. 30, 1996 News Feature

Straight Pride Goes to Malibu

When bigotry disguised as morality trumps ethics, the Net is there.

"...Pride UK, but fear not, dear reader, for the Internet always wins...."

Aug. 14, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Anonymity: Never Gonna Give You Up

Is 4chan Internet freedom's best hope?

"...the First Amendment. The right to free speech without censorship (self- or otherwise), minus the current, exponentially expanding dread..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Kickstart Your Weekend: Civics Edition

Operator and Key to the Street make being a better citizen easy

"...Operator is an attempt to end Internet censorship. Sounds like more than a one-man job, but..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Primary Prospects

A rundown of primary election battles shaping up

"...who faces tech-sector wrath for his authorship of the Internet censorship measures buried in the Stop Online Piracy Act...."

Jan. 13, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Lowdown

John Ashcroft goes on an imperious jihad; King George throws away our Constitution; and corporate greedheads profit from censorship.

"...The New York Times reports that, to enforce this censorship, a royal decree was issued three years ago to..."

Dec. 14, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Cream of the Tech-Top

The Year in Multimedia

"...1. $20/month Internet access for all Austin residents...."

Jan. 5, 1996 Screens Feature

Media Watch: Bow Chica Wow-Wow

The life and times of a porn-music impresario

"...breakfasts. His empire of porn music includes fluffertraX, an Internet radio site devoted to the music of sweet love...."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Column by Kevin Brass

SXSW Interactive Festival

"I don't think information is property, and thus I don't think it's possible to buy it, and therefore, it's not possible to steal it." A keynote speaker at SXSW Interactive, Dublin native Ian Clarke speaks about Freenet, the peer-to-peer system he created.

"...to grab what they want for free on the Internet...."

March 23, 2001 Screens Feature by Rob D'Amico

Just Your Average Stiff

"...BC: Some, unfortunately, are available on the Internet, but the quality is so shitty it's their own..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Fight Against Unsolicited E-mail

"...greedy abuse that lessens everyone else's enjoyment of the Internet. -- Gene Crick, President, Texas Internet Service Providers' Organization..."

July 4, 1997 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

No Purchase Necessary

Does Napster, the MP3-sharing software program that has spawned several lawsuits and been banned at universities across the nation, mean the end of music as we know it?

"...(Napster CEO Eileen Richardson calls the company "the fastest-growing Internet company of all time," with a user base that..."

May 5, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Want to Strike? Ask a Sex Worker for Advice.

Artist and activist Lena Chen explains how the sex workers' rights movement is lifting up all workers

"...Chen points out that the long legacy of digital censorship of sex workers is something tackled by the creation..."

March 12, 2021 Features Feature by James Scott

Top 10 Technology of the Decade

"...3. Internet Service Providers. A whole new kind of business emerged..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Cyber Top Tens

"...democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship." So saying, the Supremes rejected a law intended to..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...assuming that everyone in Austin has access to the Internet when lots of people (especially starving artists) can't afford..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...assuming that everyone in Austin has access to the Internet when lots of people (especially starving artists) can't afford..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column

Muhammad Was a Punk Rocker

How a fictional music genre blossomed into a real movement

"...on the book from a Wikipedia page on the Internet, describes his first encounter: "The description was something like,..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The 'Human Centipede' Escapes

Director Tom Six talks about the UK cuts

"...People can get films from abroad or on the Internet, so you can't ban a film any more. So..."

Oct. 8, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...It's a scary prospect to be sure, but censorship in cyberspace could take on new meaning this year..."

March 21, 1997 News Feature

Voices from the Darkness

New and Noteworthy

"...of ideas between two open minds, without fear of censorship or censure, is the metaphorical dance of the title...."

Feb. 7, 1997 Books Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...was interrupted late last week when Alex Jones pinned censorship on Time Warner Cable's RoadRunner Internet service. Chronicle HQ..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature

Boogarins é Foda

Brazilian psych-pop foursome takes up residency at Hotel Vegas

"...that time, who arrested, tortured, and made a strong censorship over news, art, and whatever else critic stuff they..."

June 30, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

The 'Trash' Man

John Waters on tour, in Austin

"...JW: I've always fought censorship my whole life, but I think the kind that..."

May 14, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...now getting around to accessing the Chron via the Internet in the Balkans, where I've been working on a..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Postmarks

CSC: It's a Good Thing

"...There has been full access to information over the Internet, and each City Council member has asked dozens of..."

April 2, 1999 Column

Postmarks

Brown Right To Fight

"...a curfew. 2) Adults told they're idiots: it's unconstitutional censorship of Bill Clinton satire in city library computers. 3)..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Column

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