Internet Censorship eradicates Freedom of Expression

Almost every country around the world believes in internet censorship therefore block certain websites that will affront a country or put in harm to someone. Internet censorship has some positive and negative connotations; some countries believe that internet is beleaguered with garbage and therefore should be censored. On the other hand, others believe that internet censorship should remain free and open and therefore never be censored. However, recent days most people around the world consider that internet censorship is too extreme. Internet censorship is a highly controversial topic, especially with people looking to protect free speech.

Furthermore, freedom of expression is one of the most essential things in the world. It is the right to express any opinions without censorship, restraint or even limitation. However, it should be a field of offending or attacking someone. In any case, freedom of expression offers us the opportunity of sharing our thoughts and ideas throughout the world. For example, in the novel 1984, the citizens do not have any right at all to say something about the government which portrays that the government is unscrupulous and not doing its duty. Thus, I do not believe in internet censorship because it is a departed issue and it threatens freedom of speech.

However, in here I want to converse the case of Eskinder Nega. Eskinder Nega is a journalist in Ethiopia who has recently been jailed for expressing his thoughts in the Ethiopian government. He has been sentenced to eighteen years in prison for and has been accused of being a terrorist. Eskinder Nega is a journalist who was arrested for speaking against the government in his blog. As a journalist his license was invalidated thus he was not able to print his magazines and newspapers. Journalists have a right to amend their ideas into words and put on a paper. They can discuss on their newspapers everything that pleases them. The government has no right at all to tyrannize them, whether it arrests them or withdraws their license. In addition, Ethiopia is an example of countries where the internet censorship is dramatically high. In fact, Ethiopia became one of the countries where its citizens/journalists get arrested if they share their ideas and perspectives in the internet.

I think Censorship in the Internet should have laws and limits. It is totally unnecessary to arrest citizens just because he/she wrote about the government. I think arresting Nega was not fair because he was only sharing his opinion and everyone should have the right to say something as long as it do not put someone in danger and that the government do not take away people’s freedom of speech. The people chose the government, thus if people do not tell their government what they are doing good and what they are doing bad then no one else will tell them which will be a complete pandemonium. I think that the laws of the internet should be up to the world organizations such as the ITU because it will be fair to every country and no country will grumble at all.

 http:www.eff.org/deeplinks2012/11/journalism-not-terrorism-calling-ethiopia-freeeskinder-nega

http://www.dslprime.com/policy/177-p/4820-eskinder-nega