Private life of celebrities today is big business. As a result a lot of journalists make a lot of money from them. Famous people are always being hounded by the paparazzi who invade their private lives in order to satisfy the curiosity of the public. In my opinion celebrities should be free to make a lot of money from information about their life.

First of all, I agree with the proposal of putting restrictions on the press because it helps to safeguard our basic human rights. The fact is that no one has the right to exploit one’s privacy. It is even unfair to say that celebrities being the well-known people have to sacrifice their privacy to satisfy the curiosity of the public.

Secondly, restrictions to be put on the press will not only benefit the celebrities, but also the whole society – every one of us. Since most people are interested in the private lives of the celebrities reported in the magazines, the press may think their actions are recognized and approved – this will probably encourage them to do more.

However, some disagree with the above arguments, and they are strongly against with the restrictions to be put on the press.

Celebrities are the idols of the teenagers. What they act, what they say may seem to be the freedom of their own, but actually they always have a great influence on their fans. Teenagers like to imitate the clothes their idols wear, the hairstyle their idols have and even their behaviour, no matter good or bad. Therefore, some say that the press is a kind of good instrument which can help to restrict the impetuous and indecent actions of the celebrities, such as fighting, swearing and drug-abusing. While human rights are very important to every individual, protecting the next generation from receiving so much wrong messages is even more vital to our society.

Consequently, I believe that problem concerns us most after the restriction on the press freedom is that we may lose much valuable news and information. If the governments don’t want something undesirable to be revealed in the newspaper, they may use this as a reason to hide and conceal the fact, and then we may never know the truth. Therefore, it is not worthwhile to set up laws to restrict the press just because of the paparazzi’s disgusting actions.

In conclusion, I don’t think that all in all, after understanding the arguments from both sides, it is true to say that restriction to be put on the press freedom is a complicated issue. Before the public can reach an agreement on how to strike a balance between upholding press freedom and restricting paparazzi’s powers, we have to seek for other ways. Showing disapproval and hostility towards the paparazzi, choosing not to buy the gossipy magazines are good ways to say “no” to this indecent trend.