Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Protecting Freedom of Speech

This article from The Washington Post calls for the United States Congress to stand up for Internet freedom.

Saudi Arabia and other countries (notably Iran, with the recent unrest) use severe government censorship of the Internet to prevent citizens from exercising freedom of speech. Yet people across the world are finding ways around government censorship.

As this editorial states, it is extremely important for the United States, a country that wants to be seen as a protector of democracy worldwide, to act against government censorship of the Internet.


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