Freedom of Speech and Expression is a very important part of our modern society. Human have always been expressive in Nature, communication plays a very role in Human Existence.
We live in a world of constant bullying and oppression, the people in Government tries every means possible to deprive their citizens of the right of Expression and Speech.
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Right to privacy on the other hand too has little effect, taking to the consideration that the modern technology for global Datas storages and processing, do leverage on our private datas for their business.
Big Telecommunications Industries records our private datas and readily trade it with the government, internet And Tech Giants like Google, yahoo, meta groups, also trade our Private datas for their Financial gain.
Thank God For the Decentralised Internet, the Web 3, which provides a very lasting solution to these Privacy leaks and trading. Although presently even with the Emergence of Web 3, we still have a long way to go regarding the fact that the web 3 needs more Presence in the Digital world,
Right to privacy to my understanding simply means the right to protect a person's feelings and sexual orientation, intimacy, identity, name, gender, honour, dignity and appearance.
While Right to speech is a principle that supports the freedom of a person, group or community of people to express their ideas or opinions without fear or restrictions from Government or Authority.
To me if i am to chose between Having Right of Privacy for life or Right to speech,
I would be Going for Right to Speech or Right to freedom of speech.
This is because of some of the reason i earlier discussed.
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I as a person believe a Close Mouth is a closed destiny,
When you don't have Right to Express yourself then you don't Have an Identity, No purpose and Essence.
Already we live in a Digital world and Just like i have stressed before our Digital privacy is not promised. I can't say much on the privacy on the Physical Aspects. I won't even place much priority on It.
Because i live in a Country where even our Welfare is not catered for.
I believe if you can freely express yourself, You will be incharge of your privacy. I will take some Real life examples to back my claims.
In Nigeria the Youths are usually deprived of their privacy rights and basic fundamental rights,
The Police forces target the youths and assault them, brutalize them because of no particular reason.
Because of this The Nigerian Youth spoke out and they started, the ENDSARS protest, although the Government tried every possible way to shut us down, they were even desperate enough to block Twitter (Now X),
The youths were adamant, and their request were granted.
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Don't forget during the process of protest, many died, many was assaulted, many privacy rights were breached, the most important part that earned them success was that they kept on Expressing themselves both Online and Physically, now the results is that police brutality have reduced to some significant amount.
In Conclusion.
I Strongly Believe that When you have the Right to speak and Express yourself, then you will have the power to protect your privacy.
I hope you enjoy reading and do have a great day🤩
