Is it ever right for governments to restrict freedom of speech? Does free speech apply to social networking sites like Facebook?

Topics – Select One from the Following Four Topics

1. Is it ever right for governments to restrict freedom of speech?
2. Does free speech apply to social networking sites like Facebook?
3. Read the article Fitbits for Bosses, by Lynn Parramore in chapter one (pgs 30-33). Take a position on the following statement: Do you think biometric measurement by employers is ever justified or does the privacy and security of one’s own body outweigh concerns of employers? why or why not?
4. Should the government be able to wiretap the Internet or is this a dangerous expansion of the government’s surveillance powers? (Read the New York Times article below for more information).

Requirements for your essay

• Your brief persuasive essay must be in MLA format and two full pages. Do notwrite more than 600 words as this is not a research paper. You will have several writing opportunities in this course. Write a brief persuasive essay based primarily on personal opinion, but be sure to provide some support for your position on the issue. .
• Your essay must have an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
• Get organizedhttp://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/pdf/persuasion.pdf before you begin to write.
• Use at least one correctly documented quote, paraphrase, or summary from one acceptable source (no more than two sources permitted)
• Use MLA rules for documenting your source.
• You must use in-text citations each time you use the words or ideas of your source in the essay. Example – (Jacoby 45).
• You must includeyour works cited list at the end of your essay(use a good citation generator as previously discussed in the citation exercise or consult purdue owl: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_works_cited_page_basic_format.html).Example of Works Cited List Entry – Jacoby, Susan. “A First Amendment Junkie.” From Critical Thinking to Argument: A Portable Guide. Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Bedau, eds.Boston: Bedford St. Martin’s, 2017.
• Use your source to support your ownideas.
• Do not create a Frankenstein Essay by copying and pasting. Write!
• Check your originality report in Turnitinand make necessary corrections. You do not need a password. Just click on the Check Module One Essay for Unintentional Plagiarism drop box in the Module One essay folder and follow the directions.