repercussions - merger of online/offline --- We have seen that online activity can and does lead to physical violence in the real world; and example is cyberbullying and even the present prosecution in the US court system of the rioters who attacked the US Capitol where many of these groups use Telegram or similar platforms to encourage supporters toward incitement and eventually storming of the Capitol which left at left one person fatally shot and many others wounded. This raises the issue of freedom of expression and right to free speech; should one's freedom to free speech violate the security of others? is this a human right violation?

Source author: Bennette Thomas thomasb@dominica.gov.dm