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