Reflection on the First Amendment

"Congress should not enact legislation that prohibits religious beliefs, prohibits freedom of execution, frees freedom of speech, freedom of press, deprives the right of peaceful gatherings, and requests the government to rectify complaints "(Constitution of the United States of America). The greatest concern of anti-federalism in 1789 was the lack of adequate protection of citizens' freedom in the constitution. To provide for such protection, the first amendment and the other nine fixes known as the Bill of Rights are submitted to the state for approval on September 25, 1789 and passed on 15th December 1791 it was done.

Thomas Emerson's classic "Freedom of Expression System" summarizes the four core values ​​of free expression reflected in the first amendment. With the political philosopher Alexander Meiklejohn, he believes that the first value is participation in autonomy, freedom of speech is possible and will not happen without it. From the famous article "On Liberty" by John Stuart Mills, and many other books there is a second value of free and unconstrained mind. The market is the best way to pursue the truth. As John Milton said in his famous "Areopagitica", the truth does not always exceed falsehood, but when an idea is challenged by a competitive idea, there is usually better opportunity to approach It is not a doctrine or a doctrine, but the truth accepts these ideas.

Every year, the First Amendment Center at the Freedom Forum Institute conducts a First Amendment Study to investigate American views on freedom of religion, speech, news, gatherings and petitions and to comment on contemporary First Amendment issues . This study, conducted jointly with the applied research firm Fors Marsh Group, has been issued annually since 1997 and reflects the change in Americans' attitudes towards their core freedom. According to this year's survey, Americans think that false news is more unpleasant than disliked speech in social media, but most people oppose them. According to the survey, 83% of respondents said that social media companies should delete false information.