Religious broadcasters complain of viewpoint censorship

WASHINGTON (RNS) Religious content faces a "clear and present danger of
censorship" from Facebook, iTunes and other new media platforms,
according to a report released Thursday (Sept. 15) by National Religious
Broadcasters (NRB).

"With the single exception of Twitter, all the new media platforms
and services that we examined have issued written policies governing
citizen users that are clearly inconsistent with the free speech values
of the U.S. Constitution," according to the report, based on an 18-month
study headed by NRB Senior Vice President and General Counsel Craig
Parshall.

The study looked at the policies and practices of prominent "new
media" companies and several Internet service providers.