Labels:bench | book | daily | dog | person | sky OCR: SECTION A CHAPTER DIGITAL SOCIETY How does digital technology affect freedom and democracy? FIGURE 1-8 Freedom of speech is the cornerstone of democracy can be defined as The 1960 movie Inherit the being able to speak freely without censorship or fear of reprisal The con- Wind was based on the trial of cept not limited to speaking, but includes all forms expression, John Scopes who was including writing, art, and symbolic actions. The more inclusive term free- accused of violating state law dom of expression sometimes used instead of freedom of speech that prohibited teaching evolu- Freedom of speech is not an absolute. Most societies pro- tion in state -funded schools hibit or repress some types of expression such as hate speech, libel, pornography, and flag burning Although freedom of ex ...
