Thursday, April 28, 2011

An example of how the government has censored some kind of media

One example of the U.S. government censorship is the case with the online database called Wikileaks. Wikileaks is an organization, some termed the Whistleblowers, that exposes the flaws and secrets kept by the American government from the public. In response, the U.S. government has suspended access to Wikileaks and even blocked online payment accounts from supporting the organization. On a very fundamental level, the government should not be able to do this because Wikileaks is just utilizing their Freedom of Speech. On the other hand, when one takes a look at the list of supports, we find that the majority of donations come from organizations that have grudges against the U.S. government, the President, and/or the politics of the ruling party. Here we see reasonable examples of why the censorship is necessary to hopefully protect the peace of the citizens.

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