-- Posted by runthespread at 11:33 am on Jan. 8, 2009 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/08/MNN81559L2.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea" target="_top">http://http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/08/MNN81559L2.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea 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? -- Posted by MystiqueBeauty16 at 11:34 am on Jan. 8, 2009 Free speech on most sites, some control on potentially damaging ones. -- Posted by CuntFace at 11:34 am on Jan. 8, 2009 completely free, its america and the iternet is ours so fuck them -- Posted by Parsine at 11:36 am on Jan. 8, 2009 Free speech should be absolute. "Negativity" is a good thing. -- Posted by runthespread at 11:48 am on Jan. 8, 2009 Quote: from CuntFace at 11:34 am on Jan. 8, 2009 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. -- Posted by runthespread at 11:49 am on Jan. 8, 2009 Quote: from Parsine at 11:36 am on Jan. 8, 2009 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? -- Posted by Parsine at 11:51 am on Jan. 8, 2009 Quote: from runthespread at 11:49 am on Jan. 8, 2009 Quote: from Parsine at 11:36 am on Jan. 8, 2009 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? I don't want my government to be judging whether criticism is "warranted" or not. -- Posted by Maxxie at 12:00 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 It's either Free Speech or it isn't - Any restrictions to it means it's no longer Free Speech.