Their religious zealotry has been tamed by technology, access to information, social media, and education.
Still, Citron says, there are distinct types of information – social security numbers, bank account information, medical records – whose publication is not covered by the first amendment.
Later, increasing impairment of the capacity to retain new information, social withdrawal, unnecessary repetition of words and actions, and emotional disturbances may be present.
Today Africans can be proud to see that – despite limited access to the internet (still a long way off for many villages and districts) and limited freedom of expression and information, social media is revolutionising Africa.
Separate news articles from shared personal information "Social media sharing of news articles/opinion subtly shifts the ownership of the opinion from the author to the 'sharer'," Amanda Harris, a contributor to Pariser's project, wrote.
Not surprisingly, founders of IT startups are more liberal and wealthier than those who make tools for finance, privacy, or security; and those who have created technologies for "sharing" information (social networking etc) are "more comfortable with collectivist government policies".
Yahoo has shelved its Yahoo Mobile for Smartphones that was intended as an all-in-one product to consolidate information, social networking and mail from several sites and aggregate it into a single window.
Whilst the internet is undoubtedly a valuable source of information, social media and search engines cannot possibly provide the highly personal levels of advice that are needed to make sound financial decisions, Ewen said.
Given many people's reliance on platforms such as Twitter for news and information, social media will be a vital resource to help people decide who to vote for this May.
