PickVidsBest Free speech, censorship & civil liberties Videos
The 104 Free speech, censorship & civil liberties videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 0 introductory, 1 intermediate, 103 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a talk. What they share is that one speaker finishes a claim, and the examples exist to hold that claim up. Channels you will keep seeing include PowerfulJRE, TED, Talks at Google.
Campus Argument Goes Viral As Evergreen State Is Caught In Racial Turmoil (HBO)
A VICE News report on the 2017 protests at Evergreen State College, including the confrontation involving professor Bret Weinstein.
The Program - William Binney Interview
A short NYT Op-Doc by Laura Poitras profiling NSA veteran William Binney, who says a program he helped design collects Americans' personal data.
Collateral Murder - Wikileaks - Iraq
WikiLeaks' release of cockpit footage from a 2007 US Apache helicopter attack in Baghdad that killed a group of men including two Reuters staff, and then a van that came to help the wounded.
Frank Zappa on Crossfire
A clip of Frank Zappa appearing on CNN's Crossfire in 1986, debating censorship and copyright.
Yale University Students Protest Halloween Costume Email (VIDEO 3)
A short FIRE-published video of Yale students confronting a faculty member over a Halloween costume email in 2015.
10 Questions: Warrantless Wiretaps
A one-minute 2007 clip of Barack Obama, during his campaign, opposing warrantless wiretaps.
WikiLeaks: Collateral Murder (Iraq, 2007)
The WikiLeaks release of 2007 Apache helicopter gunsight footage from Baghdad, in which a crew kills several people including two Reuters journalists.
Youtube Takes Down CHESS PODCAST for Being HARMFUL or DANGEROUS
Chess YouTuber agadmator reports that YouTube took down his podcast with Hikaru Nakamura as harmful or dangerous content.
2017/05/17: Senate hearing on Bill C16
Jordan Peterson's testimony at the Canadian Senate hearing on Bill C16, which added gender identity and expression to protected grounds.
The New Religion Of Anti-Racism: A Conversation with John McWhorter (Episode #217)
Sam Harris interviews linguist John McWhorter about race, racism and what McWhorter calls the new religion of anti-racism.
Reddit.com co-Founder Alexis Ohanian fires back at CNN and Anderson Cooper
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian responds in a short interview to Anderson Cooper's on-air criticism of Reddit over child exploitation content.
arrested
A friendlyjordies video on the legal fight between Jordan Shanks and then-Deputy Premier John Barilaro, including footage of the arrest of the creator by police.
Whitest Kids U Know: It's illegal to say...
A Whitest Kids U Know sketch built around the idea that saying certain things about the President is illegal.
I Confronted the People That BLOCKED My Video (Rant)
Music YouTuber Rick Beato describes confronting the people behind copyright blocks on one of his videos.
The Simpsons - Helen Lovejoy - Think of the children
A short Simpsons clip of Helen Lovejoy shrieking 'Think of the children!', the show's parody of moral panic.
CNN reporter arrested live on air while covering Minneapolis protests
Footage of CNN reporter Omar Jimenez and his crew being arrested live on air while covering the Minneapolis protests after the killing of George Floyd.
Patreon CEO on Content Policy, Lauren Southern, and IGD
Patreon CEO Jack Conte explains how Patreon thinks about content policy and why it removed the pages of Lauren Southern, members of Defend Europe and IGD.
Gary Johnson booed at the Libertarian Debate for Supporting Driver's Licenses
A short clip of Gary Johnson being booed at a Libertarian Party debate for saying he supports driver's licenses.
Richard Stallman: Copyright vs. Community
A 2012 lecture by Richard Stallman at Reykjavik University arguing that copyright, built for the printing press, fits poorly with computer networks.
Glenn Greenwald full interview on Snowden, NSA, GCHQ and spying - Newsnight
BBC Newsnight's exclusive interview with journalist Glenn Greenwald about Edward Snowden, the PRISM revelations, and mass surveillance by the NSA and GCHQ.
Police arrest CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez and crew on live television
CNN footage of correspondent Omar Jimenez and his crew being arrested live on air by police while covering protests in Minneapolis in 2020, after identifying themselves as press.
YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS - George Carlin
A George Carlin stand-up routine arguing that rights are really temporary privileges that can be taken away.
Warren Farrell protest at University of Toronto - Full version
Footage of a protest at the University of Toronto against a talk by Warren Farrell on men's issues, including protesters blocking attendees from entering.
The Johns Hopkins Foreign Affairs Symposium Presents: The Price of Privacy: Re-Evaluating the NSA
A Johns Hopkins Foreign Affairs Symposium debate between former NSA and CIA director Michael Hayden and constitutional law professor David Cole, moderated by Major Garrett.