The Internet and the freedom of speech is a complex and controversial issue. It involves two contradictory terms: The Internet control and censorship on the one hand and the freedom of speech on the other.

People have been opposing to any kind of censorship, whether on political or social issues, within borders of a given country or globally for many years.

Before, the governments muffled the public’s mouth and didn’t allow people to voice their dissatisfaction of the governing authorities (as it was in e.g. Morocco under King Hassan II or under Stalinism in Poland or the Soviet Union).  Freedom of speech has become an important weapon against any national oppression and injustices. Thanks to it, many important social changes could occur, though not always along with total acceptance of grassroots as with the feminist movement or the gay rights movement. Before winning the privilege of freedom of speech, all the opposition was brutally cracked down. Yet different groups kept sacrificing and didn’t give up but continued  the fight for their freedoms, like the civil rights activist, Martin Luther King did.

After all these turbulent years and all the sacrifice, we have entered a new era of social and political challenges, an era of cyber dominance with all its goodies and threats. Will the Internet and its users fall victim to the cyber dictatorship that will deprive us of all the rights we have already been granted?

The line between the freedom of speech and a breach of law is very thin. But what is meant with a breach of law depends on who establishes the law and its limits.

Cyber party