Ludicrous Non-Disclosure Agreements
There are instances when freedom of speech is impaired, even though it is a constitutional right given to all Americans. This fundamental freedom is abridged when someone is bound by ludicrous Non-Disclosure Agreements, or NDA’s, on college campuses by enforcement, and in some forms by social media. According to Joanna Vamvaka, a speech writer, states, “In that sense, fundamental right to free speech serves as limitation to its own limitation” (Vamvaka 1). NDA’s, in some cases, harshly restrict the individual’s right to freedom of speech. There are legitimate uses for Non-Disclosure agreements, such as when a trade secret or formula/algorithm could be compromised. In cases when information that could jeopardize a company is released, NDA’s
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There are rules regulating that messages and or posts with direct threats of violence are to be banned, and are grounds for terminating someone’s privileges of using networks such as Facebook and Twitter. These should continue being supported by everyone for this simple fact that it’s something that decent human beings should not be permitted to do. However, Twitter has been known in the past to delete accounts of people who have had unpopular opinions, but have directed no harm or made direct threats of violence. Practices such as these on a public utility should not be sanctioned, since it prohibits someone from exercising their right to free speech. If one disagrees with the message another is spreading, they can simply block them with tools provided by the social media network, or refuse to use it altogether. Each individual is entitled to speak freely, so long as nobody feels they are in imminent danger. In the words of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., a Former U.S. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, “Your liberty to swing your fist ends just where my nose begins.” This quote from Holmes perfectly, and clearly states the boundaries of the freedoms of American citizens. To summarize, the censoring of free speech due to ludicrous NDA’s, on college campuses, and by social media are abridging a fundamental freedom. As
There are rules regulating that messages and or posts with direct threats of violence are to be banned, and are grounds for terminating someone’s privileges of using networks such as Facebook and Twitter. These should continue being supported by everyone for this simple fact that it’s something that decent human beings should not be permitted to do. However, Twitter has been known in the past to delete accounts of people who have had unpopular opinions, but have directed no harm or made direct threats of violence. Practices such as these on a public utility should not be sanctioned, since it prohibits someone from exercising their right to free speech. If one disagrees with the message another is spreading, they can simply block them with tools provided by the social media network, or refuse to use it altogether. Each individual is entitled to speak freely, so long as nobody feels they are in imminent danger. In the words of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., a Former U.S. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, “Your liberty to swing your fist ends just where my nose begins.” This quote from Holmes perfectly, and clearly states the boundaries of the freedoms of American citizens. To summarize, the censoring of free speech due to ludicrous NDA’s, on college campuses, and by social media are abridging a fundamental freedom. As