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Arguments For My Position

Argument #1: Activists, advocates, and scholars use social media and the Internet to raise awareness for their struggles and present their viewpoints in an unbiased light.

The Internet's ability to house sources and websites of various topics allow users to seek and advocate for their truths and morals. (Chander et al. 2018)
In Turkey, activists are willing to put their careers and freedom on the line to uphold their rights to freedom of speech, whether through keeping their works uncensored or joining oppositional organizations. (Nekrasov et al. 2018)

Argument #2: Many social media sites have “flag”-like features that allow users to report any hateful, inappropriate, and/or disturbing content.

Algorithms, often implemented by social media networks, can detect multiple problems, such as bugs, user reports, and hate speech, and report them to human employees as to resolve and smooth them out. (Balkin, 2018)
Yu Wenguang argues that social media sites are responsible and do often self-limit hate speech and other troublesome content to maintain their image, but also possibly to retain their profits. (Yu, 2018)

Sources

Balkin, Jack M. “Free Speech Is A Triangle.” EbscoHost, Columbia Law Review, Nov. 2018, web.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.adelphi.edu/ehost/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=2ad46c0f-4aa2-4411-8b4e-2ee4eea0d63c%40sessionmgr4007&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=133029108&db=bth.

Chander, Anupam, and Uyên P Lê. “Free Speech.” Iowa Law Review, vol. 100, no. 2, Jan. 2015, https://search-proquest-com.libproxy.adelphi.edu/central/docview/1686794628/8B25197DA8764BB3PQ/1?accountid=8204

Nekrasov, Michael, et al. “A User-Driven Free Speech Application For Anonymous and Verified Online, Public Group Discourse.” ProQuest, Journal of Internet Services and Applications, Nov. 2018, search-proquest-com.libproxy.adelphi.edu/central/docview/231477093/3FFAD1C8124445FDPQ/2?accountid=8204.

Timmer, Joel. “Promoting and Infringing Free Speech? Net Neutrality and the First Amendment.” ProQuest, Federal Communications Law Journal, Dec. 2018.

Yu, Wenguang. “Internet Intermediaries' Liability For Online Illegal Hate Speech.” ProQuest, Frontiers of Law in China, Sept. 2018, search-proquest-com.libproxy.adelphi.edu/abiglobal/docview/2120787908/B2D66EB775A543FAPQ/45?accountid=8204.