Speech codes
Speech codes are restrictions on free speech typical of totalitarian regimes such as Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union and Communist China.
University Speech Codes
In recent years, Speech Codes have also been implemented in major North American colleges and universities; For example, Northeastern University in Boston's Appropriate Use of Computer and Network Resources Policy[1] prohibits students from using the university's information systems or facilities to send any message that âin the sole judgment of the Universityâ is âintolerantâ or âoffensive.â And Colorado State Universityâs Residence Hall Handbook[2] bans "[E]xpressions of hostility against a person or property because of a personâs race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, ability, age, gender, socio-economic status, ethnicity, or sexual orientation".
Various organizations such as the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (or FIRE) have been established to oppose such trend.[3]