The Web as a Dumping Ground? - Interruption Management
An editorial in the New York times on "Free Speech and the Internet" proclaims in the last paragraph:
"With few exceptions, governments should not adopt Internet registries that require users to reveal their identities. And defamation — so often used as a legal tool to repress political speech — should be decriminalized. Finally, nobody should be banned from the Internet. It is a fundamental tool for enabling free speech." As a blanket statement, problematic?Labels: decorum, internet, keynote speeches, repress, web
"With few exceptions, governments should not adopt Internet registries that require users to reveal their identities. And defamation — so often used as a legal tool to repress political speech — should be decriminalized. Finally, nobody should be banned from the Internet. It is a fundamental tool for enabling free speech." As a blanket statement, problematic?
Labels: decorum, internet, keynote speeches, repress, web