While we are able to espouse our opinions with relative freedom on the internet, there are many things which aren't condoned primarily by the largest social media giants like Facebook and YouTube, such as hate-speech, harassment, and calls for violence. The accountability of the users is only enforced by the medium, and if it's against their terms of service (TOS). Although, this hands-off approach seems to leave much wanting, more often than not the communities will police their own. For instance, if you were to head to your favorite social media site and post a profane message most people would either raise an eyebrow at the statement or unfollow you. This system has been used thoroughly by sites like Reddit where forum moderators (often other users of the page) have powers to silence others and basic users can downvote posts accordingly. Outside of these systems, is usually the realm of law enforcement who investigate cybercrime (i.e. "The Silk Road", child pornography, threats of violence, etc.). All of these systems culminate in an internet that is, on average, safe for users.

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