Are you concerned about the freedom of expression of journalists or individuals in the digital era?

Of course I am concerned. No one has figured out what rules and protections are going to apply to journalism and journalists in this new era. What even constitutes a journalist today? Can I set up a blogger account and have the same protections afforded to me as a investigative journalist from NYTimes?

As ecib pointed out, rules are different in the digital world. People online are generally accepting of the DDOS attacks that happen occasionally as long as it is in the name of free speech or have a good tagline. Does that make it right? Of course not. But there certainly is a difference between padlocking the door and a DDOS. They should be treated as unique, the charges should be unique, the evidence should be handled uniquely, and the punishment should be unique.

Unfortunately, the government is so far behind in even remotely understanding all this new fangled technology gibberish and the technologies are evolving so fast that I have zero hope they will ever catch up and be fair and productive.

There was recently an article talking about how people should stop turning to technology to rebel against politics and instead get involved in politics to ensure changes. Unfortunately, political change is harder than learning how to hack in mommy's basement or installing the ddos cannon provided to you by Anon.

All we can do for now is talk and hope that it'll work itself out. That is a pretty awful place to stand when you have people being arrested and tried unfairly and people getting emotionally and physically hurt from online interactions. But, having people that lack the knowledge try regulate the internet is even more terrifying.

So I don't know. Am I concerned? Absolutely. Do I have any idea what can or should be done? Nope.