<正>In the modern democratic society, all people should have freedom of access to, holding, and imparting various formats of information. However, many human fences have limited the freedom of access to information and the free flow of Internet communications. This paper extracts passages from selected international accords and U. S. statutes relating to the people's rights of access to information. It also highlights many U. S. government activities relating to its national security after the September - 11 terrorist attacks and people's reactions with regard to their consequences on the freedom of access to Internet information.