Abstract
The article focuses on freedom of expression in the early twenties of the twenty-first century. It deals with the relationship between freedom of expression and social networks.
It reiterates that any future regulation should first and foremost consider preserving freedom of expression in the broadest possible form and only restrict it when truly necessary. Social networks have fundamentally changed free speech reality by breaking down the distinction between public and private expression in recent years.
Every speech has potentially become public speech. The Internet and social networks, therefore, represent an essential milestone to which we need to respond.
At the same time, topics such as fake news, disinformation, which are not conducive to freedom of expression, are increasingly being addressed, complicating the whole debate. The article argues that the regulatory objective concerning social networks should be to ensure that freedom of expression applies there as well as in the physical world.
The appropriate means is to link the regulation of social networks to the current human rights standard, whether American or European, which represents an existing set of rules governing what can be said in public space.