Index

Media and Law: Between Free Speech and Censorship

ISBN: 978-1-80071-730-5, eISBN: 978-1-80071-729-9

ISSN: 1521-6136

Publication date: 23 April 2021

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(2021), "Index", Deflem, M. and Silva, D.M.D. (Ed.) Media and Law: Between Free Speech and Censorship (Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance, Vol. 26), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 185-190. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1521-613620210000026012

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INDEX

Academia

faculty social media posts
, 28–30

meets first amendment
, 27

tenured and untenured faculty
, 27–28

university policy considerations
, 30–31

Academic freedom
, 2, 30–31

policies
, 31

Accusation

by another individual
, 103–104

by media
, 102

by state
, 102–103

Accusers and accused, implications for
, 111

Adult content
, 64–65, 70

custom-tailored
, 72

merchants
, 73

regulation
, 71

Alt-right
, 4, 82–85

Amazon
, 18, 67, 91

American Express
, 65, 70–72

Anti-semitism in Canada
, 135

Anti-vaxxer threat
, 49–50

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
, 44, 50–52

Apocalyptic predictions
, 51

Apple users
, 89–90

Arbitrary power
, 156–158

Attacks
, 90

Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD)
, 156

Autórádió
, 157

Banned merchants database
, 71–72

“Best Practices for Responding to Cyberhate” doctrine
, 88

Big Five
, 83

Bill of Rights (1960)
, 137

Biodiversity
, 17–20

Black humour
, 123, 125

Black Lives Matter movement
, 16

Blacklisted merchants
, 72

Bolshevik documents
, 170

Brandenburg v. Ohio’s “imminent lawless action” test
, 16

British India
, 173

British North America Act
, 136

Broadcasting Act
, 144

Bullying in school
, 127

Canada
, 118

hate propaganda laws
, 134–138

rights culture
, 137

Canadian Bill of Rights
, 136

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
, 139

Canadian courts
, 120–121

Canadian Human Rights Act (CHRA)
, 134, 144–145

Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)
, 144

Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT)
, 145–146

Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC)
, 135–136

Canadian law
, 135

Canadian Nazi Party
, 135

Cancel culture
, 3, 103

impact of
, 31–32

movement
, 31

Candida auris
, 51

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
, 51

Catastrophe frame
, 51

Censorship
, 2–3, 10, 15–17, 64, 85, 170

biodiversity, cultural, and media diversity
, 17–20

forms
, 13–14

freedom and diversity
, 20–21

news filters and varieties of media diversity
, 14–16

varieties
, 12–13

Centralization of news production
, 158–159

Centralized system with broad competences within media
, 156–158

Charter
, 139, 141, 145

Charter of Rights and Freedoms
, 141

Chilling effect
, 12, 75, 156, 161

Christian Democratic People’s Party (KDNP)
, 152

Civility
, 30–31

Clickbait
, 106–107

Cohen Committee
, 134–135, 137–138, 147

Cohen Report
, 134

Colonial difference rule
, 176

Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la Jeunesse (CDPDJ)
, 118

Communications Decency Act (1996)
, 73, 101

Communism
, 173

Communist literature, case against
, 170–171

Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB)
, 175

Communist Party of India (CPI)
, 170–171

Content moderation
, 85–88

Context collapse
, 102

Convergence culture
, 102

Copyrights
, 13

Coronavirus
, 160

“Corporate libertarian” approach
, 86–87

Court of Appeal of Quebec
, 128

Courts of law
, 26

Covid-19 pandemic
, 4, 54, 152, 159–161

Credit card companies
, 66–67, 72

Criminal code cases
, 140–144

Critical media
, 12

Crowdsourcing
, 100, 102

Cultural diversity
, 10–11, 13, 17–20

Cultural imperialism
, 19

Cyber-defamation law and limits
, 108–109

Cyber-libertarian approach
, 82

Cyber-libertarianism
, 82, 85–88

Darwinist evolutionary theory
, 17

Defamation
, 100

Digital accusation
, 105–106

Digital documentation
, 111

Digital redlining
, 66, 73–75

Digital technologies
, 107

Digitally accused, legal limitations for
, 107–111

Digitization
, 109

Discrimination
, 36, 122, 127

financial
, 66

freedom of expression vs.
, 122

racial
, 28

Diversity
, 1, 14

freedom and
, 20–21

media
, 17–20

Dual monarchy
, 155

Due process
, 29, 100, 104

Dutt, R. P. case
, 175–178

Efficiency
, 178–180

Egalitarian rights
, 134

8chan’s/pol/and discussion forum sites
, 84

Emerging risks
, 47, 50 (see also Known risks)

reproduction of expert discourse
, 52

underrepresentation of complex risk
, 51–52

Employment law
, 26

EMU Talk
, 28

Eternal accusation
, 104–105

European Union (EU)
, 155

Evasion
, 178–180

Expert disagreements
, 54–55

Face masks
, 53

Facebook
, 3, 17, 64, 84, 88

Faculty

members
, 29–31

social media posts
, 28–30

Fair Accommodations Practices Act (1954)
, 136

Fair Employment Practices Act (1951)
, 136

Fascism and Social Revolution
, 175

Female Employees Fair Renumeration Act (1951)
, 136

FetLife
, 71

Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA)
, 66, 73, 75

Financial discrimination
, 73

Fines
, 71

First Amendment free speech
, 27

Folk devils
, 50

Formula of Humanity
, 20

4chan
, 84

Frames
, 45–46

Free speech
, 2, 26, 121, 128 (see also Hate speech)

and censorship
, 2

protections
, 3

regulating free speech in university
, 35–37

Freedom
, 10–11

and diversity
, 20–21

ideal(s) of
, 11

of speech
, 136

Freedom of expression
, 118, 122, 139

foundations and limitations
, 120–122

humor and
, 124–125

strengths and weaknesses of public sphere
, 119–120

Frustration over shifting guidelines
, 55

Gabriel, Jérémy
, 122

facts about
, 122

General Communist Notification (GCN)
, 4, 170–173

Genetic mutations
, 17

Globalization
, 18

Globe and Mail
, 54, 142

Gonzo justice
, 102

Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft (GAFAM)
, 3–4, 82–85, 94

hate content moderation apparatuses
, 88–93

platforms
, 82

Government of India (GoI)
, 170

Habilitation thesis
, 119

Hard censorship
, 10, 12–13, 16–17

Hate propaganda offences
, 139–140

Hate speech
, 85–91, 134

CHRA
, 144–145

criminal code cases
, 140–144

debating Canadian hate speech laws
, 138–139

internet and
, 147

legal restrictions concerning hatred
, 144

Taylor and Western Guard
, 145–146

Hate-content moderation
, 3–4

Health risks
, 44

Higbee v. Eastern Michigan University
, 27

High-risk transactions
, 72–73

Humor
, 118

black
, 125

and freedom of expression
, 124–125

Hungarian media laws
, 152–153, 156

Hungarian public media and political control
, 158–159

Illiberal democracy
, 152

Illiberalism
, 153

Imprisonment
, 140

Independent sales organization (ISO)
, 72

India Today
, 177

Indian National Congress (INC)
, 173

Indirect hard censorship
, 12

Institutional

academic freedom principles
, 31

avoidance
, 111

Intellectual property rights (IPR)
, 13

Intelligence Bureau
, 172

Interactive computer service provider
, 101

International Center for Not For Profit Law (ICNL)
, 160

Internet
, 101

accusation
, 104–105

corporations
, 88

and hate speech
, 147

Invisible surveillance network
, 67

Kimura’s theory of neutral mutations
, 17

Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)
, 93

Klubrádió case
, 156–158

Known risks
, 46–47 (see also Novel risks)

anti-vaxxer threat
, 49–50

pleading mother and vulnerable child
, 48–49

vaccines save lives
, 48

Labour Monthly journal
, 175

Le rire
, 126

Legal foundations of case
, 123–124

Les Intouchables
, 118, 123, 127

Liberal imperialism
, 176

Libertarian free speech argument
, 138

Libertarian rights
, 134

Liberty of expression
, 138

Litigation

laughter
, 125–126

other issues in
, 125

Ward’s growing audience and repercussions
, 127–128

Ward’s publicity strategy
, 128

Mainstream
, 72–73

Mark Ward s’eXpose
, 122

Mastercard
, 66, 70, 72

Media
, 10

convergence
, 156

frames and narratives
, 45–46

law
, 152

regulation
, 153

and risk
, 44–46

and science
, 45

users
, 10

Media Act
, 155, 159

Media Authority
, 153–155

Media Council
, 153–155, 159

Media diversity
, 11, 13, 17–20

news filters and varieties of
, 14–16

Member Alert to Control High Risk Compliance Program (MATCH)
, 71–72

Microsoft
, 91, 93

Mike Ward au bordel
, 128

Mike Ward s’eXposed
, 126

Monolingualism
, 18

Monopolies of silence
, 12

MyLife website
, 104–105

N95 respirators
, 55

Narratives
, 45–46

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
, 34

Board of Governors
, 35

guidelines
, 35

National Communications Authority
, 156

National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH)
, 154

National Radio and Television Commission (ORTT)
, 156

Natural selection
, 17

Neo-Nazi
, 135

Neutral mutations
, 17

News coverage of health threats
, 46

News filters
, 13

and varieties of media diversity
, 14–16

News media
, 44–45 (see also Social media)

institutions in Hungary
, 154–155

Not Suitable for Work (NSFW)
, 64–65

Novel risks
, 47, 52

expert disagreements
, 54–55

frustration over shifting guidelines
, 55

politicization of science
, 53–54

Off campus speech regulation
, 33

Office of the Federal Criminal Police (BKA)
, 88

Online anti-sex campaigns
, 64

Online payment

ecosystem
, 69–71

platforms
, 3

Online self justice
, 101

Online shaming
, 103

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
, 156

Ottawa Citizen
, 49

Ownership and control
, 14

PACE Society
, 75

Pandemic culture
, 45

Password protection laws
, 36

Patents
, 13

Payment platforms
, 65

digital redlining
, 73–75

laws entrenching financial discrimination
, 73

as regulators
, 69–73

in United States
, 66

Payment providers
, 65

PayPal
, 66, 68–70, 73

“People search” sites
, 104

Pickering balancing test
, 27

Platform surveillance
, 67

money
, 68–69

monitoring bank customers
, 67

Platforms
, 64, 82–85

capitalism
, 83

imperialism
, 83

Politicization of science
, 53–54

Pornhub’s Model Program
, 74

Privacy
, 101

law
, 110–111

torts
, 110

Procedural justice
, 107

Professional journalism
, 102

Propaganda model
, 13

Public accusation

implications for accusers and accused
, 111

internet and eternal accusation
, 104–105

legal limitations for digitally accused
, 107–111

sociolegal and psychological perspectives
, 105–106

sources
, 101–104

Public broadcasting
, 158

Public records law
, 109–110

Public Service Foundation
, 158

Public shaming
, 103

Public university
, 30

Publicity
, 106

Punishment
, 102

Purdue University sophomore
, 26

Racial Discrimination Act (1944)
, 136

Reason codes
, 71

“Reasonably foreseeable” test
, 33

Reddit
, 84

Representative publicity
, 119

Reputation

and honor
, 118

score
, 105

Right to be forgotten
, 110–111

Right to preserve dignity
, 121

Risk
, 66

communication
, 45

media and
, 44–46

methodology
, 46–47

“Safe harbor” law
, 73

Safe space
, 2

SARS-CoV-2 virus
, 44, 52–55

Scientific agriculture
, 18

Sea Customs Act
, 172

Selective value
, 17

Self-censorship
, 12–13

Self-policing platforms
, 85–88

Sex censorship
, 66

Sexual expression
, 65

Sexual speech
, 72

“Shitty Media Men” spreadsheet
, 101–102

Shock value
, 104

Social facts
, 1

Social media
, 26

platforms
, 65

training
, 35

Socio-legal issues
, 3

Sociolegal and psychological perspectives
, 105–106

Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance
, 3

Sociology of punishment
, 105–106

Soft censorship
, 12

Sponsorship
, 14–15

Square
, 70

Stoicist ethics
, 11

Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA)
, 73, 75

#StopHateForProfit
, 89

Strachey, John case
, 173–175

Stripe
, 71

Student athletes
, 34

monitoring student athlete social media accounts
, 34–35

social media training, NCAA guidelines, and Tinker standard
, 35

Students
, 32

regulation of off campus speech
, 33

unprofessional social media speech
, 33–34

Superbugs
, 51

Surveillance
, 67

Sustainable development
, 20

Teachings of Ptahhotep, The
, 11

Technological progress
, 18

“Technologically neutral” media regulatory model
, 156

Telephonic communications
, 147

Tenured faculty
, 27–28

Tenured Indiana University (IU)
, 26

Theory and Practice of Socialism, The (1936)
, 174

Tier 1 attacks
, 90

Tier 2 attacks
, 90

Tinker standard
, 35

Title IX in the university
, 36–37

Toronto Star
, 49, 136

Trademarks
, 13

Treacher Collins syndrome
, 118, 122

Twitter
, 28, 30, 32, 84

U-turn
, 152

Unborn idea
, 3

Uncritical progressivism
, 19

University

admissions
, 31–32

policy considerations
, 30–31

social media policies
, 35–36

University of Central Florida (UCF)
, 28

University of Florida
, 26, 32

University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM)
, 30–31

Unprofessional social media speech
, 33–34

Untenured faculty
, 27–28

Uprooting of European Identity, The
, 87

US Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
, 86

Uses and gratifications theory
, 106–107

Vaccination
, 49

Vaccine(s)

hesitancy
, 47–50

save lives
, 48

Venmo mobile payment application
, 68

VINELink
, 107

Visa
, 65–66, 70, 75

War on sex
, 64

Ward, Mike
, 123

facts about

growing audience and repercussions
, 127–128

publicity strategy
, 128

Western civilization
, 11

White Nationalist Manifesto, The (Johnson)
, 93

Women in academia
, 26

World Health Organization (WHO)
, 48

World Politics
, 175

YouTube
, 35, 84, 92