The Eight Values of Free Expression

   
            The value that resonates with me most would have to be individual self-fulfillment. The belief that every person must shape their own opinions based on their personal experiences truly makes sense to me. The thoughts and manners that go into everything day to day, do make end up each of our identities at the end of the day. 

        Today, I see people around me all the time (including me) go through self-actualization to get to know themselves a lot better. Creating a safe headspace is important during the process because you don't want any biases getting in the way. Individual self-fulfillment, to me, goes hand-in-hand with promoting innovation. The active movement of protected speech has been one of the most important established moments in history. As a society, I believe we have gotten very far very fast as a collective group of creative and unique souls. People finally realize that the different opinions we all have are crucial in learning. 

   The most commonly used and relied-on way of seeing what is happening in the world is social media. Due to the State Action Doctrine, our first amendment rights are protected as long as the government is not involved. This can be difficult because of exactly how accessible and easy it is to share ideas on social media. 

    Censorship is taking over the internet, yet we can't do anything about it because of the censorship happening among google and other powerful companies. As much as our speech is free, we have people taking down opinions and hiding information from groups of people to try and control what we see. To me, this is a form of manipulation. What is posted on the internet, should be for everyone to see, as there are many things we can learn from each other as people coming from all different lives.,