Arizona State University has blocked student access to Color of Change.org an alternative social change media outlet. Please tell them Walter Cronkite for whom their J-school is named must be turning in his grave. Tell them to stop the censorship. Thanks.
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From: Josh Levy, FreePress.net [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 1:44 PM
To: E. K. Daufin
Subject: Censorship U?
Dear Rev,
Arizona State University might need to change its name to "Censorship U" after deciding to block students’ access to popular petition site Change.org.
Change.org happens to be hosting a petition1 created by ASU student Eric Haywood that protests rising tuition costs at the school.
This blocking is a likely violation of ASU students’ First Amendment right to speak freely and petition government.
Tell the president of ASU to stop blocking the Internet and censoring students.
When challenged about the website blocking, ASU officials claimed that Change.org is a spam site, writing that the blocking was conducted “to protect the use of our limited and valuable network resources for legitimate academic, research and administrative uses.”2
Change.org is anything but spam. It’s a perfectly lawful website that has helped millions take action on a host of important issues.
Disabling access to this site violates the spirit and principles of Net Neutrality, chills academic freedom and possibly rises to the level of a First Amendment violation.
Tell ASU President Michael M. Crow to stop his school’s censorship immediately.
We’re at a moment when threats to online speech are peeking around every corner. Just last month, we beat back SOPA and PIPA, two bills in Congress that would have opened the door to online censorship from big corporations.
Now ASU is going after free speech. If it gets away with this, other universities could be emboldened to follow suit. Take action now to defend ASU students’ right to speak online.
Thanks,
Josh Levy
Internet Campaign Director
Free Press
SavetheInternet.com1. "Arizona State University: Reduce the Costs of Education for Arizona State University Students," Change.org: http://act2.freepress.net/go/8464?akid=3252.9155534.jtniqv&t=7
2. "Officials Say Spam Emails Caused ASU to Block Access to Petition Site," Downtown Devil, Feb. 3, 2012: http://act2.freepress.net/go/8465?akid=3252.9155534.jtniqv&t=9
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