The Government Shouldn't Restrict The Social Media

          


         In the article Should The Government Control Social Media, Lindsay Blair Ferrone shows an example how the president of Venezuela restricted the media due to the fake information that was spread. The author also points out it’s people’s rights to post and say their thoughts and opinions, but people couldn’t stop the president from using his own lengthy presidential broadcasts. In closing, the author thinks it’s a bad idea because it takes away people's' freedom to express themselves.

      

 

       In that article Is Social Media Damaging To Government Control, Lauren Dugan explains that social media like the facebook and youtube play an important role in spreading and sharing information for people. But the author points out that “enemies of internet” are attempting to restrict Internet access and censor the free exchange of information it enables. Furthermore, he emphasizes that China and Iran two countries that the government control social media tightly, In closing, the author point out Governmental censorship of the Internet is particularly damaging to citizens who lack the freedom of speech that so many take for granted.