media & limits to free speech in the 21st century

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Media & limits to free speech

in the 21st centuryMarie K. ShanahanApril 6, 2015@mariekshan

Thanks to the Internet, digital communication is

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Old system: One to many

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Now it is a system of many to many

Free Expression Online

Does ‘speech’ act differently if it is archived and searchable?

Technical censorship: Site blocking, content

filtering

Propaganda & Surveillance

Criminal and/or Civil Lawsuits

Intermediaries & Algorithms

Terrorism

By Daryl Cagle

Public Shaming

Should access to the Internet be considered a basic human right?

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Should freedom of expression be guaranteed on the Internet?

"Technology isn’t the problem here. It is people’s inherent character traits. The Internet and search engines just enable people to be more of what they already are." - Andy Oram, quoted in Future of The Internet IV, Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2010

by Gwendal Le Bec

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