I realize this at first won’t be popular, but petitioning the U.S. Federal Government to craft and adopt an Internet Bill of Rights (#IBOR) is a VERY BAD idea. We already have a Bill of Rights in the U.S. and within it, in the First Amendment, our right to free expression be it spoken or in print is already protected. Many argue this doesn’t extend to print word on the Internet, but they are wrong. So why are we then seeing so much censorship online without any reprimand from the government?
Let’s dig into that. continue reading »