Censorship and the Net

[Griff]

"Personally I believe the internet MUST remain totally unregulated, and free of any form of censorship, its the only medium where ANYONE can express any view they want without instant trashing, sure what they say can be total crap but I’m a passionate believer in TOTAL freedom of speech, take the good with the bad and save us from a stagnant society that crushes radical ideas."


Right on the money! The only corollary I'd make is that for individuals to be free to associate with whomever they wish, internal censorship can exist on individual sites. I personally prefer an open site for the reason you mention, the free flow of ideas is far more interesting and provocative. Any censorship by authority over your sites content must be resisted. Does that make sense? Sites harboring unpopular ideas and discussions could be lost in a form of mob censorship if they fail to control access, which is, in effect, censorship.