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EOTO The Camera Phone Blog #6

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In 2002, the first phones with built in cameras became accessible to the general public. These phones were the Nokia 7650 and Sanyo SCP-5300 and they displayed 176X208 pixel color images. This invention was revolutionary because it made it possible for people to take and share photos with anyone, instantly. By 2004, cameras were a regular feature on cell phones and the quality spiked to 1.3 megapixels. https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/5-major-moments-in-cellphone-history-1.1407352#:~:text=In%202002%2C%20the%20first%20phones,media%20release%20at%20the%20time . Today the cameras on phones can be used for professional purposes and have almost replaced personal and handheld cameras all together. The iPhone 11 has dual 12-megapixel camera and is stocked with many features to make the photos taken by the camera on the phone look professional. Philippe Kahn invented the first camera phone because he wanted to share his daughter’s birth with lots of people instantly. Kahn connected his flip-

Eight Values of Free Expression Blog #5

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There are eight values of free expression. The first one is marketplace of ideas which is about truth and letting ideas be publicized. The next one is participation in self-government, this expresses the importance of informed electorates in debates. The third value is stable change, the idea that people will be more stable if they are allowed to freely say what they please or vent about things they are unhappy about. Individual self-fulfillment is next, allowing people to become themselves through speech and expression. After that is check on government power. This is so important to our country because it allows we the people to perform vertical checks and balances to restrict the government’s power and their abuse of it. The sixth value of free expression is to promote tolerance. This allows people to say bad things or hate speech to help teach society what is inappropriate behavior when it comes to speech and expression. The next value is to promote innovation. This helps promote i