"All freedom of speech is the whole game, freedom of speech is life itself." The basic rights guaranteed by the US in the Bill of Rights are the rights jointly owned by the United States. When Salman Rushdie wrote the Guardian, he knew this. Unfortunately, most Congress and the President himself forgot the basic rights of Americans. When President William Clinton signed the "Code of Communication Act" proposed by the 104th Congress, he severely restricted the rights of Americans on the Internet.
Speaking of government, let's see how to freedom of speech. State censorship on the Internet is a common phenomenon that can not be imagined. According to Freedom House 2/3, the Internet users of the world live under government censorship regulation, suppression of speech and thought is increasing. Freelance publishers can only use 13% of the world's population. I will take it for a while. 13% More reports come from the social media platform, the Internet's living room, which is creating a phenomenon called "silent spiral". Family, friends, colleagues, and the wider society are different. Atlantic articles reveal the prevalence of self-censorship
Review issues depend on several interrelated concepts. The most important of them is freedom of speech and is used interchangeably with freedom of expression. The core of the concept of freedom of speech is to have reasonable expectations for people to freely express their thoughts freely without restriction or interference. Although the expression can verbally decide his / her idea, the terms "speech" and "expression" are widely applied to most forms of communication such as sentences, body postures, artistic creations, photographic images I will. We generally think that free expression relates to what we are doing during non-working hours, especially in the public environment. In private enterprises, clubs and religious facilities, members agree to the code of conduct as a condition of participation. These organizations have the right to restrict expression, and if members do not like it, they can pack their bags.
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