Google, China, And Free Speech For Those Who Actually Give A Damn.
– “94,000″ sue Danish cartoonist in a London court for a cartoon that offended
– Canada “clamps down on free speech,” forcing American author has to cancel her speech in Canada due to anticipated violence For more on Canada, check out “The creepy tyranny of Canada’s hate speech laws” (h/t EastSouthWestNorth)
– Turkey’s Prime Minister threatens to expel 100,000 Turkish Christians for calling a genocide a genocide
– Saudi Arabia will be executing someone for practicing a religion other than Islam
– Venezuela arrests opposition politician for speaking out on TV
– United Nations “human rights” (I cannot write this without putting that in quotes) council passes resolution banning “defamation of religion.”
– Google leaves China rather than continue to abide by its prior written commitment to engage in self-censorship
As an adamant believer in free speech, I have to wonder why the event above that is probably least likely to impact free speech the only one to receive anything more than token media play?
UPDATE: For really superb coverage of the Google v. China dispute, you need to be reading China/Divide.