Transparent world

" You suck ! "

You've probably already read that kind of useless and insulting comment on YouTube, or on blogs.

Freedom of speech ?

Basically, it was a good idea. The internet became the symbol of an ideal : anyone can share an opinion, at any time. You do not like that video ? This article is in contradiction with your ideas ? You just feel like insulting people for no reason ? Just do it ! You're free to do whatever you want on the internet. You might be sued (that's the official version) but you won't (that's the unofficial version).

In the abstract world of the internet, nothing is tangible, not even people. Indivuduals become anonymous and get free from their personnal responsability. I remember the video that a German student had posted on YouTube - something like one year ago - in which he was telling people about his mental instability and his plan to kill students in his school. After the massacre, the video had been aired on TV, during the News. This fact proves that there is no efficient "police" on the web. Maybe it's due to the mass of videos, blogs, comments and users : it seems impossible to control each post, everyday, 24/24H.

Mirror, mirror, tell me who we are...

Indeed, the internet seems to be the mirror of our society - this is what transparency is about. It reflects all the aspects of our world, good ones and bad ones, without organizing them into a hierarchy or censoring them. It's up to the internet user to sort out the information.

Because on the web, you have to act as a citizen, using your freedom of speech and taking collective and personnal responsibility.