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WaldoJ writes "The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression has announced the 'winners' of their annual Jefferson Muzzle awards, given to those individuals or organizations who have abridged individuals' right to free expression. The dubious honor goes to the Department of Homeland Security, The Motion Picture Classification and Rating Administration, the FCC, and NASCAR, among others."

WaldoJ writes "The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression has announced the 'winners' of their annual Jefferson Muzzle awards, given to those individuals or organizations who have abridged individuals' right to free expression. The dubious honor goes to the Department of Homeland Security, The Motion Picture Classification and Rating Administration, the FCC, and NASCAR, among others."

un1xl0ser writes "The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression has released the muzzle awards for people who forgot that "free speech can not be limited without being lost". Check out the 2004 "winners". Famous winners include The U.S. Department of Defense and CBS."

un1xl0ser writes "The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression has released the muzzle awards for people who forgot that "free speech can not be limited without being lost". Check out the 2004 "winners". Famous winners include The U.S. Department of Defense and CBS."

un1xl0ser writes "The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression has released the muzzle awards for people who forgot that "free speech can not be limited without being lost". Check out the 2004 "winners". Famous winners include The U.S. Department of Defense and CBS."

The 2003 Jefferson Muzzle "winners" are out. This year's crop starts with John Ashcroft and the U.S. Congress, and works its way down through the school board that voted to put Harry Potter on the restricted shelf. Innovation in censorship deserves recognition, read and enjoy. And in other stupid news, the winners of the Stupid Security Competition have been announced. I like that I'm being protected from tea. It makes me feel safe.

The Boston Globe has a column by Ellen Goodman about a community blackboard, a monument put up not for a dead president or war hero but to free expression. Read more about the project.

The ninth annual Jefferson Muzzles have been awarded, and three of them involve the internet. George W. Bush's muzzle was won for a cease-and-desist campaign against a parody website. Best W. quote: "There ought to be limits to freedom." Just down the road from the Geek Compound, the Georgetown Township Trustees won a muzzle for forcing censorware on all their library patrons. And the FBI was antilauded for shutting down a site with a fictional documentary-style film about impending Y2K tyranny (the fin de siècle equivalent of yanking the broadcast of Orson Welles' Mars-landing radio program). Noncongratulations to all the winners!

The ninth annual Jefferson Muzzles have been awarded, and three of them involve the internet. George W. Bush's muzzle was won for a cease-and-desist campaign against a parody website. Best W. quote: "There ought to be limits to freedom." Just down the road from the Geek Compound, the Georgetown Township Trustees won a muzzle for forcing censorware on all their library patrons. And the FBI was antilauded for shutting down a site with a fictional documentary-style film about impending Y2K tyranny (the fin de siècle equivalent of yanking the broadcast of Orson Welles' Mars-landing radio program). Noncongratulations to all the winners!

The ninth annual Jefferson Muzzles have been awarded, and three of them involve the internet. George W. Bush's muzzle was won for a cease-and-desist campaign against a parody website. Best W. quote: "There ought to be limits to freedom." Just down the road from the Geek Compound, the Georgetown Township Trustees won a muzzle for forcing censorware on all their library patrons. And the FBI was antilauded for shutting down a site with a fictional documentary-style film about impending Y2K tyranny (the fin de siècle equivalent of yanking the broadcast of Orson Welles' Mars-landing radio program). Noncongratulations to all the winners!

The ninth annual Jefferson Muzzles have been awarded, and three of them involve the internet. George W. Bush's muzzle was won for a cease-and-desist campaign against a parody website. Best W. quote: "There ought to be limits to freedom." Just down the road from the Geek Compound, the Georgetown Township Trustees won a muzzle for forcing censorware on all their library patrons. And the FBI was antilauded for shutting down a site with a fictional documentary-style film about impending Y2K tyranny (the fin de siècle equivalent of yanking the broadcast of Orson Welles' Mars-landing radio program). Noncongratulations to all the winners!