Professor Resat Baris Unlu was acquitted of charges based on the exam question in which he asked about comparing writings by the leader of a Kurdish rebel group.

I fear students might have been charged with crimes because of their answers, too.

Michigan Republicans banned local governments and schools from giving information about ballot questions.

A French Catholic pressure group is pressuring France to restrict some well-known, controversial movies.

Google censored installation of Samsung's ad-blocker, saying that blocking ads is "interference" with the sites that advertise (and surveil users through ads).

The ad-blocker is proprietary software, just like the program (Google Play) that Google used to deny access to install it. Using a nonfree program gives the owner power over you, and Google has exercised that power.

Professor Marc Edwards, who helped expose the poisoned water in Flint, says that funding pressures on academics and government agencies have destroyed public interest science in the US.