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There are over 2,405,518,376 internet users on a global scale. More than 50% of the world have a form of Internet censorship, and of those countries China, North Korea, Iran, and Vietnam heavily restrict its citizens. This recent topic has reached new heights in the US with the growing number of access to internet. More and more people are debating whether the internet should be censored. Internet censorship is the control or suppression of what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the internet. This would affect everyone and me. I specifically use the internet to read about controversial view and other information that gets ignored by the media or isn’t circulated anymore. Most of these sites would fall in the black list of censoring. A small percentage of users post conspicuous posts, graphic material, and infringing copyright links. Although inappropriate it shouldn’t demand internet censorship, because it goes against the individual rights of the people. Freedom of speech and press will be restricted by the government. To a point where people would be scared to express themselves, or spread information for they might be punished. Even if their opinion is erroneous and maleficent, it’s still that person’s opinion and he’s entitled to it. Same can be said for the common good everyone should be able to voice their opinions without censorship anywhere. Everyone should also have the access to any information on the internet. If anyone is offended by what is said on the internet, then they can remember to not visit the webpage next time and hold themselves accountable. This paper will examine the issue of internet censorship constituting a violation to the American people individual rights, common good, and the constitution.

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...have jurisdiction on what can and can’t be said. Most of the things that will be censored are the hackers, crackers, trolls, and bullies; not the regular people voicing their opinions. While many of these points are important, they can be easily solved without affecting the common good. If your child doesn’t listen to what he can or can’t surf on the internet. It’s up to the parents to take away their child’s internet privilege. Same with reading indecency post of other users. No one forced them to read it, if they don’t like the content of the website, then stop visiting it or ignore the comments of others. Also if developers don’t want their product to be pirated, then they should create more security measures for their product. The common good shouldn’t be punished because people are too lazy, or weak to implement problem solving skills to assess their problems.