On March 25, 2014, the cover photo of the New York Times showed President Obama speaking in front of an unusual backdrop. The photograph depicts President Obama addressing reporters at a podium situated in front of the massive Rembrandt masterpiece known as "The Night Watch" in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. In the midst of the current controversy over Russia’s annexation of Crimea, this image reads as a visual posturing of Western geopolitical power. 

The Internet is more than just a tool to access information, we use it every day to communicate, express ourselves, and connect ourselves with others from all over the world.  In fact, the free and open Internet is such an important and powerful tool for free speech and expression that in 2011, the United Nations declared broadband access a basic human right.

In a profile piece in the most recent issue of The New Yorker, Kobe Bryant revealed his thoughts on a photo tweeted by Miami Heat’s LeBron James in 2012  of the team wearing their hoodies up to show support and demand justice for Trayvon Martin: