More than ever, student journalists must be on the lookout for censorship
In 2019, FIRE released “Under Pressure: The Warning Signs of Student Press Censorship,” a report documenting FIRE’s advocacy for student journalists’ rights and the threats they face. With over two decades spent defending campus free expression, FIRE has seen firsthand that student journalists are often the immediate line of defense against administrations intent on violating student and faculty rights and sometimes, they pay the price for it.
Today, for Student Press Freedom Day, we’re revisiting some of the student press cases FIRE had fielded since the report’s release and the warning signs they illustrate to remind student journalists how to identify, and stay vigilant against, potential censorship. (For more information about Student Press Freedom Day, see the Student Press Law Center’s list of events and resources, and join us today at 1:30 p.m. ET for a panel discussion about studen
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In the aftermath of the attacks on the United States Capitol by supporters of President Trump, college leaders are being asked to confront dangerous and offensive speech by students, faculty, and staff members that promote false claims about the 2020 election and support the violence that occurred last week as a result of the spread of such claims.
The calls for administrators to rid their colleges of those who hold such views, and to examine how their institutions combat misinformation, is often complicated by First Amendment protections. Colleges and universities, after all, are meant to be forums for students to voice, debate and defend arguments founded in truth, experts on political expression said.
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Dr. Susan Napier Responds to Attempt to Ban Anime from Akira to Howl s Moving Castle
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2020-12-21 13:45 EST by Kim Morrissy
Two Ohio lawmakers called to ban allegedly pornographic book after Kent State assigns it to teen undergrad
Dr. Susan Napier spoke to
Otaku USA regarding the recent call from Ohio lawmakers to ban the academic book
Anime from Akira to Howl s Moving Castle: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation from the curriculum of the Kent State University. She said that she was absolutely floored at the news, and that she had never heard of any calls to ban her books before this incident. She mentioned that this particular book has been in publication for twenty years.