Trump being elected for president, bombings and shootings of places in the United States, and even the Battle of Aleppo are recent events that have the government questioning freedoms and privacy of citizens. One of these freedoms that is being questioned is the freedom of expression. The freedom of expression, as freedomhouse.org stated, “is the right of every individual to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers ” (Freedom of Expression). This freedom is described in Article 19 in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The other issue, privacy, is also important. In times of national crisis, freedom of expression and privacy affect the …show more content…
However, there is a potential to believe that Trump can be a threat to national security because of his social media presence (O’Connor). Trump plans on being extremely accessible during his presidency. However, not being careful or restricted to what he may say might threaten national security. However, Trump and his social media are not the only threat to national security. Social media is believed to be a threat to causing or impacting war. In two thousand and fourteen, we have already witnessed the President of Azerbaijan declaring war with Armenia on Twitter (Johnston). At this point, any government official may use the freedom of expression to post what they will on social media to get their point across. Not only is the problem government officials, but also citizens. Government officials for the United States have restrictions to a point, however, citizens are entitled to every right and freedom expressed in the United States Constitution. Therefore, if citizens find out volatile information, whether it is from a government official they know personally or from another source, they have the freedom to post about it. This leaves an open opportunity for other countries to use the information on the World Wide Web and use it to cause war or conflict (Jones). Another contribution to conflict and war by media is that the media does not state every detail of information. Most media post are
"The government should be allowed to monitor on a national level, but only the government should be able to monitor this data. Your use of the internet should be private, but there has to be a way to measure the extent of someone breaking the law. Also, private information should remain private and if you do not want people around you to know, that is okay. There has to be a way to sort out the criminals from the normal person. If someone is harming another through social media or any form of internet communication, and the situation is reported, local law enforcement should be able to investigate in that person’s data. On account of the prompt on the President's tweets, I believe he should be able to say whatever he wants to just like everyone else, but also there shouldn't be any exceptions for him.
Along with political opinion, many people have different presidential candidates that they would like to be becoming the United States president while the other will not agree. The first amendment does allow free speech along with the others. Without it many filters of communication would not be available to us. Today’s youth is made up of social media, living, breathing, and sleeping alongside social media. It’s the base or a place we feel like we can truly belong to and to be with people we know or have mutual friends with. “In a day and age where teens are sending Snapchats instead of passing handwritten notes and "selfie" has become a regular part of our vocabulary, there 's no denying that social media are impacting the way teenagers view themselves” (Pyle Par. 4). Social media affect how teen see themselves and how they act. No one wants to be behind on what everyone into while a very small percent still enjoys being different than the others. Social media ruin the way to read actually paperback books or student doing their homework or studying with the technology now we are all are attached to the point where we cannot let go of it.
Donald Trump has been called out in the past for his quick posts on Twitter that have seemed to have no thought put into them whatsoever. He also insults other politicians in his tweets as if he was not going to offend half of the American population: “Crooked Hillary Clinton is the worst (and biggest) loser of all time. She just can’t stop, which is so good for the Republican Party. Hillary, get on with your life and give it another try in three years!†Due to his impulsive tweets that circulate the media-sphere, many people wonder whether his tweets should be regulated and that he should be prohibited from tweeting. I do not think that Trump should be ripped of his First Amendment Right of Freedom of Speech because that would be unconstitutional as he is, at the end of the day, another American citizen. I do, however, think that it would be useful for Trump to have a social media advisor who can point out bad ideas or incidents within his tweets. Trump needs to realize that his audience is the American people and more. As the President, he should not intend to offend any of the American people even though that is impossible. I think, with a social media advisor, Trump will be more well-received by the American people and more people will gain respect for him. If Trump desires for the American people to like him, I suggest he look twice at his tweets before posting
Established in the Constitution, written in 1787, the Constitution guaranteed the citizens of the United States the rights of freedom of speech, religion, press, and assembly in the First Amendment etched in the Bill of Rights. Throughout history, many Americans have experienced restrictions of freedom of speech during the United States earliest years as a country. John Adams, the second president of the United States, established the Alien and Sedition Act, which impeded upon Free Speech by restricting citizens from criticizing the government and president of their actions. Therefore, through the 1st Amendment, citizens should remain protected of their liberties in every aspect until they confiscate others of their liberties, and it should protect hate speech unless an individual’s liberties are in danger or under threat. The Supreme Court should define hate speech as threats that present another individual in obvious peril.
"The United States Government, to an extent, can regulate what happens on the Internet. In today's modern and technological society, we rely heavily on smartphones and the Internet for much of our daily lives. We are constantly posting on social media forums, such as Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, etc. We, the people, tend to believe that everything we post on the Internet cannot be used against us. Some people also believe that everything they say or post on social media won't and doesn’t matter. However, that's far from the truth. When it comes to social media and what we, as a society, say in our posts, the United States Government actually monitors what we, the people, say and how we, the people, act. The United States Government really doesn't care about that family vacation you took back in 2014 to Chicago or that new haircut you got that you thought would be the ultimate game changer. The United States Government mainly searches for ""red flags"" in posts, such as threats to the Government or the President. Last year, one of the thousands of students at my high school posted on one of his social media accounts that he was going to kill Donald Trump. Within the next twenty four hours, the secret service, dressed in their black suit and ties, were at my school, placing handcuffs on that particular student. That student was
Recently, many NFL players have been protesting the national anthem in hope to bring awareness to oppression of black people. However, many people have been claiming that these acts are disrespecting the military and the country. Part of living in the U.S.A. is having the freedom to protest and not being stripped of that right because someone doesn't think it's the appropriate time.
Freedom of speech is an essential right and freedom guaranteed to the citizens of the United States by the first amendment of the United States Constitution. The right to exercise this freedom, and to what extent, is a debate that has generated considerable discussion between governments, the press, and many international organizations such as WikiLeaks worldwide. In this current technological age of digital information and global social media, there is a growing need to maintain access to sensitive data and to control the release of classified information in relation to National Security, political and cultural affairs between the United States, NATO and NATO allies, and the protection of United States military personnel overseas.
Freedom of speech immediately brings up in mind the First Amendment. The First Amendment protects the freedom of speech, meaning we are able to express freely in any form of communication with no worries of getting in trouble. For example, we have the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances freely. There have been some conflicts with the First Amendment and censoring materials. But problems with freedom of speech are not as bad as other areas in the world “One example is the ‘so-called right to be forgotten,’ which allows negative information to be deleted from the Internet. Abrams stresses that even repugnant statements are more broadly protected in the U.S. speech than under many European democracies.” (Abrams, 66).
Do you believe the Board of Education violated her right to privacy? Were they justified in firing her? Explain two to three (2-3) major reasons why or why not.
“I have a dream” countless people say this because they are allowed to. Freedom of expression is allowed and has allowed stuff to happen like slavery and racism has been taken away. It has also given us things like women’s rights. Freedom of expression is an essential part to run a successful democracy.
Any conflict exemplified within the media tends to have an impact of society. Whether it be an article or news story that affects someone’s political views, or a social media post that may change someone’s communal views. A small faction of people pushing to express a specific belief can go a long way, especially when utilizing the various number of media outlets the world possesses at its fingertips. So, what exactly did the social media users of this time have to say about the election? Donald trump is known for his constant appearance in the media for saying, or doing something that results in controversy. In the article, “Donald Trump BLASTS ‘“Black Lives Matter”’ Movement in a MAJOR WAY! BOOM” Kosar discusses Donald Trump’s reaction to Black Lives Matter movement protestors arriving to his rally. During the speech he was originally giving at his rally, he patronized fellow candidate, Bernie Sanders for allowing protesters to shut down his rally in Seattle Washington. He also went on to say that he would allow his supporters to fight for him if Black Lives Matter. If this does not sound like a bad candidate for presidency, then what is? His impulse reactions to conflicts serve as a bad character trait for a President to posses. The article also shows the protesters’ reaction to Donald Trump’s discourteous remarks. Twitter users took to the social media platform to notify the Black Lives Matter movement that Donald Trump is taking them lightly, and that they need to show
According to The Framers Constitution (Stone, 2011) “The Framers understood that they were entrusting to future generations the responsibility to draw upon their intelligence, judgment, and experience to give concrete meaning to these broad principles over time.” I believe while a right to privacy may not be in writing in the Constitution itself, that it is indeed directly implied that we the people of the United States of America do have a right to privacy. Individual liberty is after all, what the Framers fought so hard to achieve. Also, the Bill Of Rights was created to protect the people from the government, not the other way around.
Expressed by Oppenheim, Chaudhary, Lovelace Jr., Peltz, Kang, and Toosi, Trump’s tweets have affected foreign relations, affected the stock of companies he tweets about, and pose a national security threat. All of these authors discuss how President Trump’s tweets have caused major problems in our country. Both Oppenheim and Chaudhary agree that Trump’s tweets are increasing tensions with other countries. In addition, Lovelace and Peltz express that stock traders have been using Trump’s tweets to buy and sell stock to make a large profit. Kang and Toosi have analyzed how Trump’s tweets are risking our national security. Each one of these writers agree that Trump’s tweets are having a negative effect on our country as a
According to Sam Sanders, social media is ruining politics. Although a platform like Twitter is knowingly swimming with bots on its app and the company remains mum on just how many there actually are, they did state, “Anyone claiming that spam accounts on Twitter are distorting the national, political conversation is misinformed”. Bots or not, the conversations amongst audiences on twitter cannot be written off, especially in today’s social media centered democracy.
The First Amendment, granting Americans the right to freedom of press, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly and freedom to petition the government, has been one of the most heavily debated since its ratification in 1791. For years, court cases pertaining to the amendment have abounded, particularly in relation to the freedom of speech. From cases defining obscenity to those allowing for expression, the meaning of the freedom of speech has changed greatly through the years. Similarly, so has the freedom of press. As technology evolves – from the first printing press to Google Glass – so too does the media. New media calls for new laws and precedents, and social media has been no exception. The rapid pace and