Censorship Of Public s Privacy - 1321 Words

â€Å"First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for that impermissible end. The right to think is the beginning of freedom, and speech must be protected from the government because speech is the beginning of thought.†( Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Ashcroft V. Free Speech Coalition (00-795) 198 F.3d 1083, affirmed,2002) In the 21st century, technology has advanced significantly, making invasion of privacy much easier and much more common. Thus, due to the government’s implementation of censorship in society today, the invasion of public’s privacy is a much greater issue. As a result of the invasion of the public’s privacy, human rights are constantly violated,†¦show more content†¦Broadcasters and journalists’ right to freedom of speech is restricted, because the government forces them to withhold information that is unfavorable to them or the other side of th e story. This violates humans’ rights as the general public has the right to know the truth about the political, social and economic actions of the nation that they live in, rather than being deceived by their government of being tricked into doing things. The big issue with censorship is the fact that people of higher authorities start to use the word ‘censoring’, when in reality they are using propaganda to assure members of the public to be satisfied with governmental actions, and that the justified reasons for specific actions allow them to suppress the right to freedom of speech in such a small manner that it isn’t even considered violation. Governments use media to justify their actions by spreading the view that rights to freedom of speech need to be suppressed and violated for the ultimate protection of the population. For example, in the United States, after 9/11, the government justified their actions of spying into citizens’ emails and so cial activity, for the ultimate ‘national security’ of USA. Furthermore, to violate some basic human rights is to deny one of their fundamental rights, and dehumanize them. The denial of these rights has sprouted chaos in the population provoking citizens to be angry once realizing that they were