August 16th, 2008

Op-Ed: National security and free speech

By Harvey Silverglate, Boston Globe

Why Did the federal district court gag three MIT undergraduates who apparently discovered a flaw in the MBTA's electronic fare-collection system? The reason one judge imposed the unconstitutional gag order prohibiting the students from presenting their paper Aug. 10 at the DEFCON computer "hackers" conference, and another judge refused on Aug. 14 to vacate that order even after the conference ended, is the current excuse du jour for an epidemic of censorship: national security.

Related Issues: Coders' Rights Project

Related Cases: MBTA v. Anderson

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