As Sunstein says in chapter 7 the internet very well should be free speech. What we say and do should not be regulated on it because it is a public atmosphere. What happens online should stay online, but when it crosses over to real life then people can have the right to step in.
Take the show How to Catch a Predator for example. Talking online to minors is not illegal, but it is very disgusting and wrong. Once they act on it by trying to go to the kids house, they are arrested by the police.
The internet is such a tricky thing to try to have control over. More and more everyday people are getting on to social networking sites and blogger sites and speaking their mind. It is crazy how bloggers are now used as legitimate sources, eventhough it is just somone's opinion.
The internet is almost impossible to monitor because of the amount of users and the amount of activity on it. There are too many different areas to try and look over. By the time something wrong is found, someone somewhere else is doing the exact same thing. Downlading of music and movies is something that is able to be monitored, but I do not know if the internet would be "the internet" if it was not for the free speech of everyone across the world.
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