they thought would be just and good for the nation. Of the press they made the familiar and oh so controversial: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press " (United States Constitution 1789). But where do we cut the line? There our newspapers‚ television shows‚ and radio broadcasts constantly molding the facts and telling one side stories so they can get the attention of the
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"Mob Rule on College Campuses" by Cinnamon Stillwell and "Speech Codes: Alive and Well at Colleges" by Harvey A. Silverglate and Greg Lukianoff describe college issues involving the freedom of speech. Both of these articles talk about how freedom of speech can cause many problems in college. Even though these articles are on the same topic‚ they are on very different forms of freedom of speech. In "Mob Rule on College Campus and in "Speech Codes: Alive and Well at Colleges" both talk about how there
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Debate on free speech is active in many parts of the world today. Discussions concerning things like hate speech or trigger warnings has raised a serious question: is there a need for free speech to be limited? Many argue that trigger warnings often interfere with and prevent difficult or uncomfortable conversations; while others express their concerns about hate speech and internet trolling becoming a serious threat to public safety. Recently‚ the UK legislation has responded to trolling’s extremity
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Freedom of Speech within the Media has progressed vastly over the recent years. National legislations restricted journalists‚ but as globalization began and spread quickly‚ along with technology‚ these national barriers disappeared‚ as did the legislations that go with them. The availability to a bigger and wider variety of information and news from all around the world has increased‚ and journalists have a larger freedom of expression. However‚ is absolute freedom of speech really desirable? This
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RE-VISITING THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION BILL: NEED FOR ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN NIGERIA BY ONDOTIMI SONGI* BACKGROUND This paper comes in the wake of the 2010 World Press Freedom Day marked by the world including Nigeria on 3 May‚ 2010. One aspect of press freedom that is of interest to me having regard to its importance in building the Nigerian nation is the need for freedom of information (FOI) or access to information held by public officials. It is now a cliché to say that there is
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Do Walls Affect Our Freedom? Standing at the foot of America’s icon of inclusiveness‚ tourists from across the United States wonder if the nation’s tradition of welcoming people that were treated poorly from all around the world could handle the risk and fear linked with national terror. The Statue of Liberty Poem‚ “The New Colossus‚” has been a controversial discussion as to the meaning of its words. Many have taken it as inviting too many refugees from all around the world‚ and many are saying
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Where does free speech interfere with patriotism? Many people infringe on our patriotic behavior with their protest against the country. It is wrong to protest in any that would put down the United States‚ but people still choose to do so‚ but many people are realizing that it is wrong. The previous generation of Americans represented patriotism‚ this generation is slowly coming toward that idea and hopefully the next one will. when someone or a group of people protest the flag‚ national anthem and/or
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to the United States Constitution‚ guarantees our freedom of expression‚ as it is written in the constitution‚ “The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak‚ to write‚ or to publish their statements; and the freedom of the press‚ one of the great bulwarks of liberty‚ shall be inviolable.” This clause is the based foundation of the articles: “Hate Speech on the Internet Should Be Regulated” by Ronald Eissens‚ and “Hate Speech on the Internet Should Not Be Regulated” by Sandy
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COMMENTARY Free Speech in the Digital World under Threat? Kirsty Hughes We are at a moment where the digital world can go either way – it can become a space of genuine free expression‚ one enjoyed by ever larger numbers of people or it can become a controlled and monitored space. Like any battle for free speech and fundamental rights‚ governments and other major players – in this case big web companies and internet service providers – must be held to account and challenged to defend our rights
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Social Media and Free Speech in Education and Sport Citizens‚ including students‚ are guaranteed the constitutional right of freedom of speech . [...] the question becomes‚ how should administrators balance students ’ First Amendment rights with the school ’s responsibility to regulate student speech that is disparaging to staff members or coaches or disruptive to the educational environment or team dynamics? The phenomenon of social media in its various forms; Facebook‚ MySpace
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