Cyberspace (our right to free internet space) is a place for traditional non-censorship, it offers us no space for privacy and allot of space for publishing of what would have been unknown materials, that would otherwise be kept hidden, never having the possibility of reaching the media. There is now at its highest point controversy over the rights to the publishing of forbidden or deemed by the government classified materials online, that are under law supposed to be kept from the public view.
It is only recently that the internet and networks are being penalized for its social media apparently breaching the "modern" privacy act. The act is allowing celebrities and those of a higher status and higher payroll to go to court and apply for "Super Injunctions", disgustingly many of these people are getting away with this. The injunction says that you cannot talk about the injunction and that you cannot tell anyone of the knowledge of there even being any injunction, complete gagging. Recently Ryan Giggs the famous footballer imposed a super injunction, I can only write or speak of this lawfully now due to the fact that parliament have made this visible to the public, which was inevitable due to the fact that it was posted all over the internet, in particular "Twitter", now the culprit behind posting the knowledge of the injunction is facing prosecution, what is the world coming to, our last free space for non-censorship is being more and more effected by our laws and government propaganda everyday.
If we look at how the far eastern countries govern the rights to freedom of information, its not easy to agree with the governments policies on keeping the citizens out of view of what they would deem sensitive information, I personally find it disgusting how so much of the internet and online information can be censored. In North Korea, Kim Jong-Il the infamous madman, engaging himself in terrorist activities against his own civilians, has taken censorship and the neglect of any rights to freedom of information to the extreme. Millions of people are effected by this issue, it is this that proves to me that freedom of speech should be seen as a global issue, and that clearly the rights to freedom of information over-weigh the rights to privacy.
Please feel free to post your own comments on the issue.
It is only recently that the internet and networks are being penalized for its social media apparently breaching the "modern" privacy act. The act is allowing celebrities and those of a higher status and higher payroll to go to court and apply for "Super Injunctions", disgustingly many of these people are getting away with this. The injunction says that you cannot talk about the injunction and that you cannot tell anyone of the knowledge of there even being any injunction, complete gagging. Recently Ryan Giggs the famous footballer imposed a super injunction, I can only write or speak of this lawfully now due to the fact that parliament have made this visible to the public, which was inevitable due to the fact that it was posted all over the internet, in particular "Twitter", now the culprit behind posting the knowledge of the injunction is facing prosecution, what is the world coming to, our last free space for non-censorship is being more and more effected by our laws and government propaganda everyday.
If we look at how the far eastern countries govern the rights to freedom of information, its not easy to agree with the governments policies on keeping the citizens out of view of what they would deem sensitive information, I personally find it disgusting how so much of the internet and online information can be censored. In North Korea, Kim Jong-Il the infamous madman, engaging himself in terrorist activities against his own civilians, has taken censorship and the neglect of any rights to freedom of information to the extreme. Millions of people are effected by this issue, it is this that proves to me that freedom of speech should be seen as a global issue, and that clearly the rights to freedom of information over-weigh the rights to privacy.
Please feel free to post your own comments on the issue.
