A Yelp user is being sued for a negative review on a business. The Internet is a great vehicle to exercise free speech, but isn't there also negative effects of free speech? As people do on sites, including this one, much unrestricted negativity is expressed. Sometimes it's not simply to be honest, but sometimes its to defame and ruin reputations through not only speaking opinions but speaking in absolutes as if the person's opinion is not debatable. I think it's different for those who only express and are not expressed upon. How much free speech should people have really?
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Free speech on most sites, some control on potentially damaging ones.
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completely free, its america and the iternet is ours so fuck them
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Free speech should be absolute. "Negativity" is a good thing.
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completely free, its america and the iternet is ours so fuck them
Internet has no national borders, though, it's on the World Wide Web, hence the www dot.
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Free speech should be absolute. "Negativity" is a good thing.
Yelp is a open review site. Negativity is a good thing at times, but what about unwarranted and unbacked negativity with influence?
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