Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the
freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation,
censorship, or legal sanction. The
right to freedom of expression has been recognised as a
human right in the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and
international human rights law by the
United Nations. Many countries have
constitutional law that protects free speech. Terms like free speech, freedom of speech, and freedom of expression are used interchangeably in political discourse. However, in a legal sense, the freedom of expression includes any activity of seeking, receiving, and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used.
Article 19 of the UDHR states that "everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference" and "everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice". The version of Article 19 in the
ICCPR later amends this by stating that the exercise of these rights carries "special duties and responsibilities" and may "therefore be subject to certain restrictions" when necessary "[f]or respect of the rights or reputation of others" or "[f]or the protection of
national security or of public order (ordre public), or of public health or
morals". (Full article...)
Twitter is an online
social networking and
microblogging service that enables users to send and read "tweets", which are text messages limited to 140
characters. Registered users can read and post tweets but unregistered users can only read them. Users access Twitter through the website interface, SMS, or mobile device
app. Twitter Inc. is based in
San Francisco and has offices in
New York City,
Boston,
San Antonio and
Detroit. Twitter was created in March 2006 by
Jack Dorsey,
Evan Williams,
Biz Stone and
Noah Glass and by July 2006, the site was launched. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with 500 million registered users in 2012, who posted 340 million tweets per day. The service also handled 1.6
billionsearch queries per day. Twitter is now one of the ten most visited websites, and has been described as "the
SMS of the
Internet."
Image 4George Orwell statue at the headquarters of the
BBC. A defence of free speech in an open society, the wall behind the statue is inscribed with the words "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear", words from
George Orwell's proposed preface to Animal Farm (1945). (from Freedom of speech)
Image 5Orthodox priest
Libor Halík with a group of followers. Halík has been chanting daily for over five years against abortion via megaphone in front of a maternity hospital in
Brno,
Moravia. (from Freedom of speech by country)
Image 20Eleanor Roosevelt and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)—Article 19 states that "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." (from Freedom of speech)
Alexandru Bogdan-Piteşti (born Alexandru Bogdan, also known as Ion Doican, Ion Duican and Al. Dodan; June 13, 1870 – 1922) was a
RomanianSymbolist poet, essayist, and art and literary critic, who was also known as a journalist and
left-wing political agitator. A wealthy landowner, he invested his fortune in patronage and art collecting, becoming one of the main local promoters of
modern art, and a sponsor of the
Romanian Symbolist movement. Together with other
Post-Impressionist and Symbolist cultural figures, Bogdan-Piteşti established Societatea Ileana, which was one of the first Romanian associations dedicated to promoting the
avant-garde and independent art. He was also noted for his friendship with the writers
Joris-Karl Huysmans,
Alexandru Macedonski,
Tudor Arghezi and
Mateiu Caragiale, as well as for sponsoring, among others, the painters
Ştefan Luchian,
Constantin Artachino and
Nicolae Vermont. In addition to his literary and political activities, Alexandru Bogdan-Piteşti was himself a painter and graphic artist. Much of Bogdan-Piteşti's controversial political career, inaugurated by his support for
anarchism, was dedicated to activism and support for revolution, while he showed an interest in the
occult and maintained close contacts with
Joséphin "Sâr" Péladan—whose 1898 visit to
Bucharest he sponsored. He was detained by the authorities at various intervals, including an arrest for
sedition during the
1899 election, and was later found guilty of having
blackmailed the banker
Aristide Blank. Late in his life, he led Seara, a
Germanophile daily, as well as a literary and political circle which came to oppose Romania's entry into
World War I on the
Entente Powers' side. He was arrested one final time upon the end of the war, by which time he had become hated by the general public.
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Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the
freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation,
censorship, or legal sanction. The
right to freedom of expression has been recognised as a
human right in the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and
international human rights law by the
United Nations. Many countries have
constitutional law that protects free speech. Terms like free speech, freedom of speech, and freedom of expression are used interchangeably in political discourse. However, in a legal sense, the freedom of expression includes any activity of seeking, receiving, and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used.
Article 19 of the UDHR states that "everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference" and "everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice". The version of Article 19 in the
ICCPR later amends this by stating that the exercise of these rights carries "special duties and responsibilities" and may "therefore be subject to certain restrictions" when necessary "[f]or respect of the rights or reputation of others" or "[f]or the protection of
national security or of public order (ordre public), or of public health or
morals". (Full article...)
Twitter is an online
social networking and
microblogging service that enables users to send and read "tweets", which are text messages limited to 140
characters. Registered users can read and post tweets but unregistered users can only read them. Users access Twitter through the website interface, SMS, or mobile device
app. Twitter Inc. is based in
San Francisco and has offices in
New York City,
Boston,
San Antonio and
Detroit. Twitter was created in March 2006 by
Jack Dorsey,
Evan Williams,
Biz Stone and
Noah Glass and by July 2006, the site was launched. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with 500 million registered users in 2012, who posted 340 million tweets per day. The service also handled 1.6
billionsearch queries per day. Twitter is now one of the ten most visited websites, and has been described as "the
SMS of the
Internet."
Image 4George Orwell statue at the headquarters of the
BBC. A defence of free speech in an open society, the wall behind the statue is inscribed with the words "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear", words from
George Orwell's proposed preface to Animal Farm (1945). (from Freedom of speech)
Image 5Orthodox priest
Libor Halík with a group of followers. Halík has been chanting daily for over five years against abortion via megaphone in front of a maternity hospital in
Brno,
Moravia. (from Freedom of speech by country)
Image 20Eleanor Roosevelt and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)—Article 19 states that "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." (from Freedom of speech)
Alexandru Bogdan-Piteşti (born Alexandru Bogdan, also known as Ion Doican, Ion Duican and Al. Dodan; June 13, 1870 – 1922) was a
RomanianSymbolist poet, essayist, and art and literary critic, who was also known as a journalist and
left-wing political agitator. A wealthy landowner, he invested his fortune in patronage and art collecting, becoming one of the main local promoters of
modern art, and a sponsor of the
Romanian Symbolist movement. Together with other
Post-Impressionist and Symbolist cultural figures, Bogdan-Piteşti established Societatea Ileana, which was one of the first Romanian associations dedicated to promoting the
avant-garde and independent art. He was also noted for his friendship with the writers
Joris-Karl Huysmans,
Alexandru Macedonski,
Tudor Arghezi and
Mateiu Caragiale, as well as for sponsoring, among others, the painters
Ştefan Luchian,
Constantin Artachino and
Nicolae Vermont. In addition to his literary and political activities, Alexandru Bogdan-Piteşti was himself a painter and graphic artist. Much of Bogdan-Piteşti's controversial political career, inaugurated by his support for
anarchism, was dedicated to activism and support for revolution, while he showed an interest in the
occult and maintained close contacts with
Joséphin "Sâr" Péladan—whose 1898 visit to
Bucharest he sponsored. He was detained by the authorities at various intervals, including an arrest for
sedition during the
1899 election, and was later found guilty of having
blackmailed the banker
Aristide Blank. Late in his life, he led Seara, a
Germanophile daily, as well as a literary and political circle which came to oppose Romania's entry into
World War I on the
Entente Powers' side. He was arrested one final time upon the end of the war, by which time he had become hated by the general public.
This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by
JL-Bot (
talk·contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is
tagged (e.g. {{WikiProject Freedom of speech}}) or
categorized correctly and wait for the next update. See
WP:RECOG for configuration options.