National Coalition Against Censorship

The National Coalition Against Censorship is deeply concerned that Missouri state officials are retaliating against a Missouri Public Library for hosting a 'Rainbow Story Time' for families with young children. This free, voluntary, community event featured readings of two picture books for preschoolers: Rainbowsaurus, which depicts two dads and three children on a colorful [...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is once again abusing its powers to engage in unconstitutional censorship of broadcasters, continuing its nearly year-long crusade against Disney for airing Jimmy Kimmel’s jokes about the Trump administration.The FCC’s latest salvo was the unprecedented demand that 8 ABC stations undergo license renewal years earlier than required. ...

This week, the National Coalition Against Censorship joined organizations across the ideological spectrum in filing amicus briefs in support of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and Harvard University in their challenges to the Trump administration’s violations of academic freedom. The cases center on the administration’s threats to punish Harvard and C...

Dear Mr. D’Amaro, We, the undersigned civil rights, civil liberties, free speech, press freedom, consumer advocacy and pro-democracy organizations, write to stand in solidarity with the Walt Disney Company for resisting the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s unprecedented abuse of its power to censor and punish Disney-owned broadcast content. The targeted campaign to p...

Yesterday, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr said that the agency will consider ABC’s decision not to air President Donald Trump’s July 16 address about election security as a factor in its early review of licenses to eight ABC-owned stations. This is merely the latest attempt by Chairman Carr in the FCC’s ongoing [...]

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