The Role Of Freedom Of Speech In The Charter Of Rights
Imagine that you were the owner of a small inn full of problems, and projects, supposedly built on the first of july 1867. Now in that inn, you are constantly busy with needed projects, but currently you have the freedom to choose what you want to do next. Now you have the option to either wash the clothes, as the residents cannot go without it, or find a way to decrease noise from the ventilation, as the residents are constantly complaining about them. The noise problem seemed to be the only thing they were aware of.
Though, in the Charter of Rights, it is stated that the freedom of speech and expression can be limited or denied, depending if certain conditions are met, of which on is when the reputation or right of others is being tainted,
there is a lot more to it. For example, won’t the charter violated if censoring fake news causes the government to restrict freedom of speech and expression to something that does not align with the needed terms. In other words, by requiring fake news to be censored, the government will most definitely violate the charter, in which case, the government should not be allowed to require search engines to censor fake news, whether we like it or not.
Not only is government not able to require search engines to censor fake news, but it also just shouldn’t do it. We read exactly what we want to do, it may be intentional or not, but humans tend to only “find” articles that perfectly coincide with their idea. So in case those articles are no longer available through the conventional means, they would simply find another method. Think of it this way: if the government locks up a bar, the alcoholics would simply move to another bar, and continue to do so without any signs of stopping.
Up till now, we have only looked at fake news in a negative light, however it can also be in fact a resource of ours. By that, I mean, fake news becomes a sort of obstacle any young internet surfer faces and grows to solve by critical thinking and common sense. It forces them to mature up, and learn that maybe not everything I read is true, and if so how do I avoid such things. Imaging if we brought up, while being taught that everything on internet is real, Dr. Oz and several “ripped” old men would be extremely rich.
All in all, though our moral sense tells us that the government should be allowed to require search engines to censor fake news websites, logic clearly shows that the government cannot, nor should they force search engines to censor fake news websites.
Though, in the Charter of Rights, it is stated that the freedom of speech and expression can be limited or denied, depending if certain conditions are met, of which on is when the reputation or right of others is being tainted,
there is a lot more to it. For example, won’t the charter violated if censoring fake news causes the government to restrict freedom of speech and expression to something that does not align with the needed terms. In other words, by requiring fake news to be censored, the government will most definitely violate the charter, in which case, the government should not be allowed to require search engines to censor fake news, whether we like it or not.
Not only is government not able to require search engines to censor fake news, but it also just shouldn’t do it. We read exactly what we want to do, it may be intentional or not, but humans tend to only “find” articles that perfectly coincide with their idea. So in case those articles are no longer available through the conventional means, they would simply find another method. Think of it this way: if the government locks up a bar, the alcoholics would simply move to another bar, and continue to do so without any signs of stopping.
Up till now, we have only looked at fake news in a negative light, however it can also be in fact a resource of ours. By that, I mean, fake news becomes a sort of obstacle any young internet surfer faces and grows to solve by critical thinking and common sense. It forces them to mature up, and learn that maybe not everything I read is true, and if so how do I avoid such things. Imaging if we brought up, while being taught that everything on internet is real, Dr. Oz and several “ripped” old men would be extremely rich.
All in all, though our moral sense tells us that the government should be allowed to require search engines to censor fake news websites, logic clearly shows that the government cannot, nor should they force search engines to censor fake news websites.