Word: censor
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Students shouldn’t start to self-censor online profiles to the point of ridiculousness—a tendency that we wouldn’t put past many of the more politically-minded and wary Harvard students. The facebook is meant to be fun and helpful, and it can be; students must simply exercise some common sense. Students should also remember that employers are not ignorant of the fact that college kids go out, drink, and occasionally act immaturely. But we don’t have to advertise our more obnoxious behavior...
...marriage when it means staying faithful to one man. This fall the Beijing resident posted a recording of her own lovemaking sounds that would make Paris Hilton blush. More than 50,000 people simultaneously tried to download the 25-minute podcast, crashing the host server. Despite government attempts to censor it, the sex diary is so popular that Li's pen name is intermittently the most searched keyword on China's top search engine. "I express my freedom through sex," says Li, unapologetically. "It's my life, and I can do what I want...
...over Internet governance.” If only we would listen to the Solaymanis of the world. If only the Internet were controlled by the UN or some other supra-national and super-sovereign entity, then we could get wonderfully diverse opinions about Internet governance, and China could better censor websites that contain words such as “liberty” or “Tiananmen Square.” Luckily, the usual gang of anti-Americans didn’t succeed at the Summit. Instead, there were a few vapid bureaucratic proclamations about healing the technology gap between...
Let’s face it. The Bush backlash has had Harvard whipped. The spectrum of acceptable discourse has grown narrower and narrower. Many students have told me they feel the need to censor themselves in the classroom. Others won’t go to political events that interest them for fear their peers or employers will find them guilty by association...
...freely.”Theodore G. Griswold, another plaintiff who is a senior at Lincoln-Sudbury High School, said it should be the responsibility of historians and students to make their own judgments.“I don’t think the government has the right to censor a dissenting opinion that will mold what students think of an issue,” Griswold said.In the spring of 1999, the Massachusetts Department of Education released “The Massachusetts Guide to Choosing and Using Curricular Materials on Genocide and Human Rights Issues.” According...