“It couldn’t be any clearer that the Internet is what citizens need to keep their governments in check or (if necessary) overthrow them — not guns! That is why we need a new amendment that protects our freedom to access the Internet, publish on it and communicate through it.
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I know that constitutional amendments require a two-thirds majority in both houses and that we seem further away from that then ever. On the other hand this fundamental issue of supporting the individual’s right to bear witness and to communicate should in theory be something that can be supported by everyone, even the Tea Party.”
Albert Wenger, Egypt, the Internet, and the Second Amendment
I couldn’t disagree more. The lesson from America’s endless debate over the second amendment is that it’s a mistake to bind human rights to technology.
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