Free Speech Advocacy Organizations

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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
The mother of all civil-liberties organizations.
ACLU of Illinois.

Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT).
Focuses on civil liberties issues related to computers and new communications technologies.
Computers and Academic Freedom (CAF).
An archive of materials relating to campus computer policies. I don't think it's being maintained any more, but what's there is good.
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
The mother of all internet civil-liberties organizations.
Electronic Frontier Canada (EFC).
A good place to start exploring the Canadian approach to free speech issues.
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).
Some coverage of free speech issues relating to the internet.
Family Research Council.
A conservative organization with materials on e.g. arts funding, pornography and indecency.
Feminists for Free Expression.
Free Expression Clearinghouse.
The Freedom Forum.
Best source for First Amendment news, with some reference materials.
First Amendment Cyber-Tribune (FACT).
Justice on Campus (JOC).
An archive with emphasis on issues relating to higher education. Again, not very up to date; but interesting old archives.
MIT Student Association for Freedom of Expression (SAFE).
Notable especially for their comprehensive if not unbiased archive of free speech controversies around the nation.
Town Hall.
A conservative web site with some materials on e.g. pornography.


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