The Future of Free Speech, Trolls, Anonymity and Fake News Online
Many experts fear uncivil and manipulative behaviors on the internet will persist – and may get worse.
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Many experts fear uncivil and manipulative behaviors on the internet will persist – and may get worse.
Enshrined in the Bill of Rights, free expression is a bedrock American principle, and Americans tend to express stronger support for free expression than many others around the world.
Americans and Europeans often have different perspectives on individualism, the role of government, free expression, religion and morality.
Many people around the world consider free expression in cyberspace to be a fundamental right.
That’s compared with 27% of Gen Xers and 24% of Boomers who say the same.
Although many observers have documented a global decline in democratic rights in recent years, people around the world nonetheless embrace fundamental democratic values, including free expression. A new Pew Research Center survey finds that majorities in nearly all 38 nations polled say it is at least somewhat important to live in a country with free […]
While social media sites were the most common place noted for online harassment in a recent Pew Research Center survey, about a fifth of internet users cited website comments sections as places where they had that experience.
About eight-in-ten Egyptians said last spring that a fair judiciary was very important to their nation’s future.
Only a quarter of Americans say it is necessary to give up some civil liberties to curb terrorism, down from 55% shortly after the attacks of 9/11.
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