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History of U.S. Free Speech Rights

This document discusses the author's research project on the right to information and freedom of speech in the United States. The author analyzed the history of these topics from figures like John Milton to modern events like Watergate and WikiLeaks. They utilized various news sources and organizations like the ACLU to understand both sides of the debate between civil liberties and national security. The author chose to create an individual website to showcase their research in a multimedia format using images, videos, and interactive timelines.

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History of U.S. Free Speech Rights

This document discusses the author's research project on the right to information and freedom of speech in the United States. The author analyzed the history of these topics from figures like John Milton to modern events like Watergate and WikiLeaks. They utilized various news sources and organizations like the ACLU to understand both sides of the debate between civil liberties and national security. The author chose to create an individual website to showcase their research in a multimedia format using images, videos, and interactive timelines.

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Access Denied: A History of the Right to Information and Freedom of Speech in the United States of America

Yashasvi Sharma Senior Individual Website

This year, for the topic Rights and Responsibilities, I chose to research on the Right to Information and Freedom of Speech. Over the years, these topics have been gaining increased headlines, first ith !"## and the passage of the $S% &%TRIOT

%ct, then various incidences of high level lea's providing classified information that sho ed various gaffes in %merican free speech policy, hile increasing the already

strenuous relationship bet een the press and the government. (eing a member of my school)s debate team, I have long faced this sub*ect. Thus, I thought about e+amining the history of free speech and government accountability, and $nited States do have such a right to information. -y preliminary research began hile at school. There, I learned about the hether citi,ens of the

history of this topic. from /ohn -ilton)s %eropagita to /ohn Stuart -ill)s 0ibertarianism, then dove headlong into 12 th century %merican policy ith -c3arthy

and the Red Scare, the 3ounterculture of the #!42s, and the 5ietnam War, the &entagon &apers, and Watergate. From there, e utili,ed various ne s articles from

both spectrums of the political scale, in order to gain an e6ual vie of the issue of the right to information. In order to gain more information, e both researched the $nited States 7epartment of State, the Federal 8e s Service, the Freedom of Information %ssociation, the %merican 3ivil 0iberties $nion, Supreme 3ourt rulings, and various ne s organi,ations. I chose to e+ploit the ebsite category due to the fact that it appeared to be the best medium to provide our information. %s the topics the cyber orld as e discussed often pertain to

ell as reality, I thought of it to be appropriate to describe these

arguments using the internet. %lso, as I used various images, live intervie s, and

interactive timelines, such a multimedia e+perience could only be found through utili,ing the ebsite category. The Right to Information and Freedom of Speech is a principal e+ample of rights and responsibilities. In encompasses of t o strong sides. 0ibertarians believe that the government has a right to maintain freedom of speech, as right to information9 and (ig :overnment advocates, ho

ell as the

ho believe that at times,

liberty has to ta'e a bac' seat for the sa'e of national security. %fter the September ##, 122# Terrorist %ttac's, this debate gained even more importance as the $nited States government tries to find a middle ay to allo for the ma+imum amount of

national security ith the least amount of civil liberties lost.

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