Commentary
Free speech is a precious thing. It deserves protection. It needs to be cherished.
Free speech allows for new, even radical ideas to be considered. Without free speech, which is an expression of free thought, much of what is enjoyed and understood today would be denied us.
In debates, the truth will ultimately win out, and the wrong and false will be exposed while abuse of all sorts will be condemned. In the middle of all this, carefully drafted defamation laws protect us all and are rightly seen as a necessary limit on free speech.
But when governments and authorities start telling their people how they intend to legislate, regulate, and punish certain types of communication we should all be concerned….