MIT SA for Freedom of Expression

General

CompuServe Newsgroup Ban: Background and details on CompuServe's banning of many Usenet newsgroups due to pressure from the Germany.
Amateur Action BBS: A BBS located in Calfornia charged with obscenity according to "community standards" in Mephis, Tennessee.
Hunt Senators, not lions?: A netnews writer is arrested an jailed without bail for a vitrolic article, in which it is alleged that he "made terrorist threats and threatened a public official".
Electronic Images misc: Misc stuff about electronic images
The ACLU: Dispute about the ACLU

Various Universities

Cornell "75 reasons" controversy: This is currently archived at The Justice On Campus project
CMU censorship: CMU's attempt to ban receiving any discussion or images having to do with sex if they happen to have electronic form.
Penn Papers Destruction: The destruction of an issue of a student newspaper at Penn State
"Jake Baker" story: Fantasy or Threat: Is a story using a real person's name a threat?
Donald Silva v. University of New Hampshire.: The case where a writing professor was fired for "sexual harassment" for two general comments about sex and metaphors. He sued and won.
"Water Buffalo": The nationally known incident where Eden Jacobowitz was charged with "racial harassment" for describing some black sorority women making noise outside his bedroom as "water buffalo".
Misc: Misc

MIT cases

Tewhey-Nolan-Shea: A festival of sexual harassment charges and lawsuits! Politics all over.
Erulkar vs Bitran: The Case of The Kissing Professor (MIT, Prof sued for harassment).
Wolff vs. MIT: A lawsuit filed by a conservative female professor alleging MIT's Literature department and Women's Studies Program created a "hostile environment" for her.
Dershowitz vs the Porn Policy: Adam Dershowitz challenged MIT's "Pornography Policy". And won!
The MIT Harassment Guide: Comments on the content
X-rated movies at MIT: The story first-hand
MIT misc: MIT misc
PBE: A shouting incident
Penn and Francis Get Framed: Did MIT set out to intimidate two (left-wing) critics?
The Suppressed Freshman Picture Book: See the cover MIT president Charles Vest thought was offensive enough to be forbidden to be sold. It's not "intuitively obvious".
Residence/Orientation rules: No criticism of places allowed.
LCA v. TEP: Does one word turn a fraternity prank into a "hate crime"?

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