The United States of America was founded over two hundred years ago on the basis of freedom. Freedoms, which were wrote into, and are yet a part of the Constitution of the United States. Under the First Amendment of the Constitution, many freedoms are granted to the citizens of this great nation. Such freedoms as those of speech, religion, press, petition, and assembly are granted to all free citizens. But, where do our freedoms begin …
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…a public library offering public Internet access had blocking software installed, restricting sites considered harmful to minors, limiting perfectly good resources for more experienced and older users. The Courts found that the software was limiting the freedom of speech, by hindering resources that could be obtained without the software, and forced the libraries to remove the software. This ruling, also setting a standard for our perception of the freedom of speech, was another landmark ruling