Blog Post #4
The eight values of free expression give us the ability to say and question parts of the government and also have free speech. This is allowed by the First Amendment which allows American citizens to speak about what they want whether it be true or false. The value that stands out to me the most is marketplace of ideas. This value of free expression was created by John Milton and John Stuart Mills. John Milton was an English poet and he founded this idea in the year 1644, in his work Areopagitica. John Mills, created this concept in the year 1859 in his book called On Liberty. Mill's was an English language philosopher. The creation of this value is to allow people to have free trade in ideas about any market and also allowing people to have there own opinion about any good and speech about them. As stated in an article The First Amendment Encyclopedia it states how "the marketplace of ideas refers to the belief that the test of truth or acceptance of ideas depends on their competition with one another and not on the opinion of a censor, whether one provided by the government or by some other authority." This means that when someone expresses their own opinion about anything they want, the government or any company being spoken about, can't tell them they can't say that. This deals with the First Amendment and the topic of free speech.
The creation of marketplace of ideas or, also known as, free trade in ideas, or even competition of the market allows for people to have a voice about ideas discuss about ideas about any topic they want to speak about. This being said, when dealing with a specific company and their products that they created with out a patent on a product or good, the government or anyone else can't stop someone from speaking and sharing what they think or sharing ideas about a good. Having this in place is important so the government can't get involved with ones ability of free speech.
This idea of free speech in the marketplace of ideas has become very popular with the creation of social media. Social media allows for anyone to voice their opinion on any given topic or idea. When looking at it from the point of free speech of the marketplace of ideas have given people to now express their concerns about the free market. This has given the ability to speak about anything going on that they want to speak about. This can be anything from the Corona Virus to the storming of the Capital. Having social media has made people opinions about specificities topics or ideas become stronger, but this is allowed with have free speech especially in a marketplace of ideas.
Personally, I am not one to speak about anything major in the news publicly or even post about its on social media. Given everything going on in the news and how it have created a lot of debate about many topics that are being spoken about, I tend to stay away from that. Although I stay away from posting about most consortial topics I always see them on most of my social media platforms I use. Whether it be Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, or Facebook, I notice that many people post their opinions about any topic they want to speak about with no issue. This is because of marketplace of ideas and how it allows for someone free speech.
Although we a marketplace of ideas and free speech, the issue of censorship has been a raising concern lately. Even with having free speech, the company Twitter, has banned Donald Trumps page. On a news article from CNN, it states that even if Trump was going to run for President again, he will be permanently ban from this social media platform. To me this goes against free speech and what is described in marketplace of ideas. This is a raising concern and issue I see because it makes a statement that anyone has the ability to just get banned or even removed for any platform whenever the company wants. Having marketplace of ideas is any important concept to have but in recent times has made me question if it is even a value anymore.
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