I've generally been pretty cautious about censorship in general. I think that diverse opinions are integral in an democratic society.
I'm a little concerned with WikiLeaks though. From what I've seen, their posting of military documents puts lives at risk and I'm just not convinced that freedom of speech should exist to this extent. From what I've gathered, not only are military plans that are supposed to be highly classified being disclosed (potentially putting servicemen at risk) but I also have read that some of the documents name individuals in Afghanistan who have supplied information about the Taliban, and the Taliban can now use this information in retaliation.
All that having been said, one of the biggest problems of the Net is that even if it deemed that Wikileaks doesn't have the right to publish this information, how on earth can this be enforced? I'd be very interested in talking to someone with experience in this area of law, but I wonder if an American resident publishes information through an ISP in a "neutral country", are the individuals liable or are they governed by the laws of the country where the ISP exists?
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