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    The document discusses freedom of speech and expression. It notes that while freedom of speech applies to all ideas, it comes with responsibilities and can be restricted. It supports peaceful dissent and protests. However, governments often imprison people for speaking out, even if their constitutions support free speech. Governments have a duty to prohibit hateful speech but often abuse this power to silence dissent. Amnesty International supports those who peacefully express themselves. Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right and democracy requires it, though regulation of harmful content is debated, especially regarding new social media.

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    Freedom of Speech

    Kenth Balagonsa
    Mark Vincent Malacat
    Raymart Tumanda
    Freedom of Speech
    • Freedom of speech and the right to freedom of expression applies
    to ideas of all kinds including those that may be deeply offensive.
    But it comes with responsibilities and we believe it can be
    legitimately restricted.
    • Your voice matters. You have the right to say what you think, share information and
    demand a better world. You also have the right to agree or disagree with those in
    power, and to express these opinions in peaceful protests.

    • Exercising these rights – without fear or unlawful interference – is central to living


    in an open and fair society; one in which people can access justice and enjoy their
    human rights.

    • Yet governments around the world routinely imprison people – or worse – for
    speaking out, even though almost every country’s constitution refers to the value
    of ‘free speech’
    • Governments have a duty to prohibit hateful, inciteful speech but
    many abuse their authority to silence peaceful dissent by passing
    laws criminalising freedom of expression. This is often done in the
    name of counter-terrorism, national security or religion. More
    recently, freedom of expression has come under threat by authorities
    clamping down on activists, NGOs and individuals helping refugees
    and migrants.
    • How governments tolerate unfavourable views or critical voices is
    often a good indication of how they treat human rights generally.
    • Amnesty International supports people who speak out peacefully for
    themselves and for others – whether a journalist reporting on
    violence by security forces, a trade unionist exposing poor working
    conditions or an indigenous leader defending their land rights against
    big business. We would similarly defend the right of those who
    support the positions of big business, the security forces and
    employers to express their views peacefully.
    • We consider anyone put in prison solely for exercising their right to
    free speech peacefully to be a prisoner of conscience and call for
    their immediate and unconditional release.
    • The exercise of these freedoms, since it carries with it duties and
    responsibilities, may be subject to such formalities, conditions,
    restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary
    in a democratic society, in the interests of national security,
    territorial disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals,
    for the protection of the reputation or rights of others, for
    preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence, or
    for maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary.
    • Freedom of expression is a key human right, in particular because of
    its fundamental role in underpinning democracy. At its very first
    session, in 1946, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 59(I)
    which states: “Freedom of information is a fundamental human
    right and the touchstone of all the freedoms to which the United
    Nations is consecrated.
    • Internet challenges the right to freedom of expression. On the one
    hand, Internet empowers freedom of expression by providing
    individuals with new means of expressions. On the other hand, the
    free flow of information has raised the call for content regulation,
    not least to restrict minors’ access to potentially harmful
    information. This schism has led to legal attempts to regulate
    content and to new self regulatory schemes implemented by private
    parties.
    • Also this has drawn increasing attention due to popularity of the
    emerging social net like Facebook and Twitter in recent years. While
    some advocate that everyone has the right to freedom of opinion
    and expression, others argue that an uncontrollable medium of
    anarchy may occur owing to the freedom of speech. This paper
    examines both the arguments for and against of the freedom speech
    in Internet and provides suggestions based on these arguments.
    • The Internet freedom provides capable and appropriately universally
    accessible tools to create a new platform to gather voice from the citizens.
    Habermas (1989) indicates that with greater access to information
    approaches greater improvement of the democratic process. For the
    reason, this opportunity could foster the democratic development. In
    addition, the result of Michael and Keegan’s (2005) study corroborates a
    significant correlation between Internet freedom of speech and a common
    indicator of a nation’s level of democratization. In this information age, the
    liberty of speech on Internet can break the monopoly of traditional mass
    media about the political issues. Also this is the guarantee of the
    development of democracy.
    • “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this
    includes the right to hold opinions without interference and to seek,
    receive and impart information and ideas through any media and
    regardless of frontiers . ”

    - Article 19 of the UDHR


    Different Types of Medium
    Television
    • All broadcast media is very powerful – needs regulations
    • Government granted license to broadcast
    • Broadcasting through TV - more of a privilege
    • Government cannot limit just because any listener, or even the
    majority of a community is offended by its content.
    • Restrictions only if its clearly causes direct and imminent social
    interest
    Newspaper
    • Press
    • (Right to publish newspapers, magazines etc.)
    • Government supposed to protect private entitles’ right to freedom
    of expression
    • Restrictions in cases of
    • Libel
    • Obscenity
    • Sedition
    Internet & The World Wide Web
    • The Internet is the largest common area in the world – very hard to restrict
    • Government controlled companies who build internet platforms try to imply
    regulations
    • Internet’s structure is robust – impossible to completely block everything
    • Private users can block access to info through firewalls

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