Blog Post #3 ~ 8 Values of Free Expression

8 Values of Free Expression

Values I Find Most Important

The Eight Values of Free Expression, to me, the most important is Governmental Power. Now, in modern society, I feel you always hear about the government doing toxic or swinging things in their favor. This can apply to all of the 8 Free Expression mostly. Elections, laws, and I'm sure many others, and when it comes to the people, they should have the right to know about these abuses of power. Especially when they do stuff in private, that of all things should be monitored and be known so something fishy doesn't happen.

Another one that I find important is Protect Dissent. Censorship is a common thing in the modern day, not just in social media, but the government is trying to censor stuff within social media. When a social media platform tries to censor you on their platform, it's fine and not violating free speech because it's their platform. The company can choose what they want to do on their platform. However, when the government does it, it violates free speech, and there is proof of this happening nowadays; this is why Elon Musk is so passionate about free speech on Twitter/X. There are even people threatening and warning about it because of the whole Telegram shenanigans happening.

I don't know much about it myself, but in the news coverage, I've seen the CEO of Telegram being sued for numerous amount of crimes and has been arrested and released on bail of $5.5 million. Now, I know Telegram has its problems, but so many people use it for communicating, especially people overseas or not in the US. Yeah, some people are going to use the stuff for nefarious reasons, but this is just how people are all over the world. These aren't really my specialty, but I just find it crazy how often governments want to censor things online.

Values That Resonate With Me

I feel like number seven, Promote Innovation, is the one I feel more personal to me. When I can be creative, I love to be, and I find it nice when people can share all their many ideas; some can be weird or out of pocket, but it's still an opinion or idea, and everyone should be able to speak their mind. When you're working as a team, group or in a business, people being able to express themself is very important to them or others. It can make them feel more comfortable in their space.

In the gaming world, becoming a game designer or any other position related to the gaming process. It is a must to speak your mind and push ideas out. It's how to get the creative juices flowing; even if the ideas are bad or good, they can bounce off each other and your members to create better ideas and keep the flow going.

Another value that I resonate with is number four, Individual Self-Fulfillment, and I touch on this a little above already but to add to it. I do think people should be able to express themself how they want. People shouldn't be forced to be the same as someone else or everyone. Humans are so vast and have many cultures, languages, food, sports, races, sexuality, and more. All of those features and traits are what makes us so special as beings, so when there are things that prevent anyone from being themselves, I find it restricting, and wrong. Having that freedom to express your identity is something I value a lot.