What is the freedom we have on network websites like Hyves and Facebook? Just this month a women was convicted for having written bad notes about her ex on her page on Hyves. This page however was only visible to her friends she added there, not for people she didn’t know. So her spokesman said it’s like saying things to your friends in the privacy of your own home. These friends talked about the notes and the rumours reached the ex of the convicted women and he pressed charges. I think it’s logical that you cannot say anything on a public website if it’s discriminating, but if only a select group of people can read it, then I don’t think it’s a public website anymore. My profiles on Hyves and Facebook are not visible for anyone but for my friends only, and according to the case I just described I should be careful what to say to them? What if I would write a private message to them? Could it be an offence if I write anything discriminating? Aren’t these notes the same as e-mails then? What is the value of a private profile if you cannot write about things that matter to you? The boundaries of these network websites are not set but the makers are working on that, but so is the law and judges. I am curious and worried what are the possibilities and restrictions in the near future. I feel as if the eye of Big Brother is looking over my shoulder right now, as I write this down for you to read.