Book contents
- Free Speech
- Free Speech
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Core Values
- Part II History
- Part III Basic Principles
- Part IV Current Controversies
- 12 Hate Speech
- 13 Campaign Finance Regulation
- 14 Speech in Public Schools
- 15 Academic Freedom
- 16 Speech on the Internet
- Conclusion
- Index
16 - Speech on the Internet
from Part IV - Current Controversies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 April 2022
Book contents
- Free Speech
- Free Speech
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Core Values
- Part II History
- Part III Basic Principles
- Part IV Current Controversies
- 12 Hate Speech
- 13 Campaign Finance Regulation
- 14 Speech in Public Schools
- 15 Academic Freedom
- 16 Speech on the Internet
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
A contemporary cliché holds that “the internet changed everything.” Certainly, it has had a profound and wide-ranging impact on many aspects of human experience.1 The pace, quantity, and quality of online communication might prompt a reasonable person to assume that the unique characteristics of such speech have required us to reconsider many dimensions of First Amendment theory and doctrine. After all, if the internet changed everything, then surely it must have altered substantially the way we think about free expression. It turns out, however, that things are much more complicated.
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- Free SpeechFrom Core Values to Current Debates, pp. 208 - 224Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022