Miss Zomboko
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Uhuru wa Kujieleza unamaanisha kuwa Huru kutoa maoni yako kwa njia yoyote ambayo haiondoi Haki za Watu wengine. Unaweza (na unapaswa) kujisikia Huru kukosoa kazi ambayo Viongozi wako waliochaguliwa wanafanya.
Ubadilishanaji Huru wa Mawazo, Maoni na Taarifa hutupatia Maarifa tunayohitaji kufanya Maamuzi. Hatuwezi kuwa na Demokrasia bila Uhuru wa Kujieleza.
Tunahitaji sauti zinazojitegemea hadi kwenye Ulimwengu wa Mtandao, ambapo kuna Changamoto ya Maslahi ya Kampuni za Teknolojia na Serikali kupewa kipaumbele zaidi kuliko Haki za Watumiaji.
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Free speech means you have the freedom to express yourself in any way that does not take away the rights of other people. You can (and should) feel free to criticize the work your elected officials are doing. You should not feel free to hold band practice late into the night, because that could take away your neighbors’ right to privacy. And when they complain about the noise, you can’t encourage people to destroy their property or worse. But up to that point, you’re free to express yourself.
This is why free speech is so central to democracy. Democracy means that everyone in society makes collective decisions about the laws they live under and who administers them. The free exchange of ideas, opinions and information provide us with the knowledge we need to make those decisions. That’s also why free speech and the organs that support it, such as free media and civil society, are often the first things that disappear in autocracies.
And because we can’t have democracy without free speech, we have to be careful about any actions that could limit it. We need independent voices to make decisions about which forms of expression are legitimate and which are not. This extends to the online world, where there’s an ongoing struggle to balance the users’ rights and the interests of tech companies and governments
Ubadilishanaji Huru wa Mawazo, Maoni na Taarifa hutupatia Maarifa tunayohitaji kufanya Maamuzi. Hatuwezi kuwa na Demokrasia bila Uhuru wa Kujieleza.
Tunahitaji sauti zinazojitegemea hadi kwenye Ulimwengu wa Mtandao, ambapo kuna Changamoto ya Maslahi ya Kampuni za Teknolojia na Serikali kupewa kipaumbele zaidi kuliko Haki za Watumiaji.
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Free speech means you have the freedom to express yourself in any way that does not take away the rights of other people. You can (and should) feel free to criticize the work your elected officials are doing. You should not feel free to hold band practice late into the night, because that could take away your neighbors’ right to privacy. And when they complain about the noise, you can’t encourage people to destroy their property or worse. But up to that point, you’re free to express yourself.
This is why free speech is so central to democracy. Democracy means that everyone in society makes collective decisions about the laws they live under and who administers them. The free exchange of ideas, opinions and information provide us with the knowledge we need to make those decisions. That’s also why free speech and the organs that support it, such as free media and civil society, are often the first things that disappear in autocracies.
And because we can’t have democracy without free speech, we have to be careful about any actions that could limit it. We need independent voices to make decisions about which forms of expression are legitimate and which are not. This extends to the online world, where there’s an ongoing struggle to balance the users’ rights and the interests of tech companies and governments