Hate Speech is an area in modern society that has taken on diverse
aspects due to the changing standards of correct social behavior, and the
lack of precise legislation dealing with this subject. Recently the most
debated topic in this area has been the censorship of Hate speech on the
Internet. This topic requires and is provoking serious discussion as the
World Wide Web is as yet an unknown entity when it comes to censorship laws
and presents due to its intrinsic qualities of anonymity a challenge to law
Regulating the Internet deals with such sensitive issues as
infringement of human and individual rights. I feel serious new issues have
arisen from lack of legislation of the internet and amendment is necessary
to this state of affairs. Regulation of certain Internet material is needed
to protect the values the Bill of Right and the First Amendment advocate.
The American democracy is unique for the determination of its
forefathers to protect human rights at all levels of society. The
constitution has had to go through many stages of development and amendment
but on paper the trend has always been to protect all individuals and the
citizens of the United States from the oppression of the state or any other
form of authority without due cause' and the process of the law'.
The Bill of Rights was formulated in the late 1700's and designed so
that the powers of the national government were limited. (Glasser, 1991)
Originally consisting of ten amendments several have been added since then.
The Bill of Rights was however just the guidelines, and implementation on
many of its regulations did not take place unanimously in all states or
even until a century later. (Glasser, 1991)
The First Amendment states that: "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereofâ€" guaranteeing that the gover...