Why are hate websites like chimpout.com not closed down?
Yes, freedom of speech in the USA is correct, but only for the USA. And the old freedom of speech thing is ONLY the right of a citizen to publicly disagree with the government and the government may not persecute him or her. That is it! No one has the right to simply say anything they want any time. The US has the most liberal freedom of speech rules, but that does not mean bad speech is without consequence. The whole answer is that there are too many countries and computers and web servers and places to go for any government to find, let alone prosecute and shut down nasty web sites. You can create an entire web site on a lap top and upload it from any open Wii Fi hot spot in any major city in the world. You can do that and be gone before any police force in the world might mobilize to get you. They are worrying about murderers, not web designers. The people that police the web are the businesses that provide the space for the sites, but if one is offended by your content you can go t
Yes, Freedom of Speech in the United States is real and a wonderful thing! I may not agree with what someone says, but I appreciate their right to say it. I know Wikipedia isn’t the most trustworthy of sites, but this still sums it up quite well: Freedom of speech in the United States is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and by many state constitutions and state and federal laws. Criticism of the government and advocacy of unpopular ideas that people may find distasteful or against public policy, such as racism, sexism, and other hate speech are generally permitted. There are exceptions to these general protection, including the Miller test for obscenity, child pornography laws, speech that incites imminent danger, and regulation of commercial speech such as advertising. Within these limited areas, other limitations on free speech balance rights to free speech and other rights, such as property rights for authors and inventors (copyright), interests in
