Should Blogs Be Censored?
Blogs dance back and forth across the line between private thoughts and public space. I thought you might be interested in the following article about teenage blogging, freedom of speech, and the dangers of "exposing" yourself on the internet. Feel free to comment (as if you needed an invitation).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/16/AR2006011601489_pf.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/16/AR2006011601489_pf.html
posted by Kristin L | 9:58 AM
4 Comments:
I agree with both of you, but I think if it's something that you would write in your diary, it's definitely not something that people should include in their blogs. If something inappropriate does appear on a blog or something inappropriate is revealed about the user, I think any authorities should have the ability to punish them according to that. There is a fine line between having a blog for fun and exposing far too much about yourself and although I personally think they are fun, they can be extremely dangerous if they are misused or not private enough.
I have to agree with all three comments, however I believe there is a reality to the fun idea of posting our whole lives onto a little webpage that we have not yet realized. I admit not being very careful with what I post online, though I should be. Whether it be outsiders looking in on a blog or your best friend, they can creat major problems. I think censoring information given online is a good idea, however content of a blog should not be censored. Just because it is the internet does not mean our rights for free speech should be revoked or hindered in any way.
Another point I might make is that there should be censoring on people making something like myspace their entire lives. When I hear girls saying in all seriousness, "we aren't friends anymore, I took her off my top eight friends list" or " She hates me! She doesn't even comment on my site anymore!" this is when things have gone too far. No one needs some internet site running their entire lives. Oh high school...
There's a cell phone commercial that reminds me of Caitlin's comment. It was popular over the holidays, and it entailed a woman in her twenties chatting about how her cell phone factors into her dating life; she explains enthusiastically that she won't let a man she's just met into her speed dial, and that when she breaks up with a guy, the best feeling is to erase his number from her phone. As I watched this commercial with my mom (who's in her sixties and rarely uses a cell phone) my mom said, "I don't get it." I said, "I totally get it." Then I felt kind of depressed about myself.
I think you can say (blog) whatever you want it only depends on the word choice, and some words and phrases need not to be said. It just takes the meaning out of it and makes it dull and dirty. True, we have FREEDOM of speech but that doesn't (to me) mean one should have the right to.
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