Digital Speech - Additional sources of Information 

The American Library Association, The ALA has opposed efforts to restrict access to Internet Sites.  You can read its position by following the “Issues and Advocacy” link at www.ala.org

The ALA also offers background information and links to CIPA resources at www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOissues/civilliberties

“Censorship of Student Internet Speech.” A research paper written by the First Amendment Center’s David Hudson, outlines developments in student free speech issues and examines Internet-related cases.  It also describes whether to regulate student speech on the Internet.  It can be read at: http://www.freedomforum.org/packages/first/censorshipinternetspeech/index.htm 

“Cyber Rights: Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age,” by Mike Godwin, published by MIT Press; 426 pages, Godwin, counsel to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a backer of online civil liberties and argues that coming to grips with the power of the implications of the Internet will be one of the great challenges of the coming generation.  Available at www.amazon.com

“Documentation of Internet Filtering Worldwide” is a scholarly examination of filtering techniques by Jonathan Zittrain and Benjamin Edelman of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School.  It can be found at http://cyber.law.harvard.edy/filtering

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit group that advocates for freedoms in the “networked world,’ offers links to current and former legal cases with First Amendment implications at www.eff.org

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is responsible for enforcing the Children’s Internet Protection Act.  You can read an overview of the law www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html

The Free Expression Policy Project, part of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University’s School of Law, links to a variety of free-expression sites and provides an online version of “Media Literacy: An Alternative to Censorship,” a report by Marjorie Heins and Christina Cho.  You can read it and other research at www.fepproject.org/policyreports/medialiteracy2d.html

“Free Speech in the Digital Age,” a video debate examining both the reasons for protecting speech and for limiting it, can be viewed on the Annenberg Classroom’s Resources for America’s Teachers Web site at www.annenbergclassroom.org

“Internet Filters: A Public Policy Report” is available online at the National Coalition Against Censorship site at www.ncac.org/internet/filters.cfm

The National Coalition Against Censorship offers information on censorship issues in classrooms and on the Internet.  Visit its Web site at www.ncac.org and follow the link to “Education.”

The New York Civil Liberties Union lists Web site, court cases and articles dealing with freedom of expression.  It’s at www.nyclu.org/stdt_foe.html

PBS TeacherSource hosts a social networking blog called Learning.Now that explores how technology and Internet affect teaching and learning.  Visit it at www.pbs.org/teachersource/learning.now/social_networking

PBS TeacherSource also offers a directory of media literacy resources on such topics as advertising, Internet safety and Web site evaluation.  Visit it at www.pbs.org/teachersource/media_lit/related_study.shtm

Project Look Sharp, a program sponsored by Ithaca College, provides materials and training for media literacy efforts.  It’s at http://www.ithaca.edy/looksharp

The Student Press Law Center offers legal assistance to students and the educators who work with them.  Its Web site features resources, news and reports dealing with student free speech issues.  It’s at www.splc.org

“Voices for the First,” the Web site of the Illinois First Amendment Center, offers free guides and materials dealing with free speech, including teacher curriculum guides on CD.  Visit it at www.illinoisfirstamendmentcenter.org

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