Prevent Internet Censorship, Save Freedom of Speech
analytical Essay
1291 words
Every second, citizens of the world enter cyber space to relay information, keep in contact with family and friends, and to complete a multitude of various tasks. The World Wide Web is a major staple in ensuring that individuals of all nationalities can perform all the necessary tasks in their lives. However, the negative aspects of the internet have been recently brought into the public eye. Social Networks such as Facebook and Twitter along with other popularly accessed websites such as Reddit, 4Chan, and Pinterest have become the subject of critique after a whirl of internet controversy arose.
Public scrutiny of many popularly viewed sites has resulted in the call for restrictions in order to prevent the harmful aspects of the internet. This controversial topic has created a rift in website surfers from around the world. Internet censorship is the control of access to information presented on the internet. Advocates of internet restrictions argue that popular sites are the source of obsessions which result in crumbling relationships, put minors in danger of cyber bullying and internet predators, and provide easy access to vulgar or dangerous information which corrupts our culture.
As recommended by Dr. Pinhas Dannon, psychiatrist from Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine, the disorder (internet addiction) should be grouped with other extremely addictive disorders such as gambling, sex addiction, and kleptomania. (Nauert) Many Americans exposed to the internet find themselves enveloped in the entertaining world of the “Net.” As argued by those in support of internet restriction and censorship, the act of spending excessive amounts of time on the computer results in crumbling relationships and disinteg...
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...o the 1st Amendment and everything this country stands for. This country has spent years and many court case hours defending the rights that our fore fathers fought to protect.
Work Cited
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In this essay, the author
- Argues that internet addiction should be grouped with other addictive disorders such as gambling, sex addiction, and kleptomania.
- Opines that the use of internet censorship is a ploy to control the information released into society.
- Opines that parents should be held responsible for the safety of their children online, just as they would in the real world. lack of knowledge is the main source of danger for young individuals surfing the internet.
- Analyzes anderson, mark, "internet censorship: as bad as you thought it was."
- Opines that the u.s. has asked the chinese government to explain it's time to de-flash its site.
- Describes the limitations of the content that children can view on the web.
- Explains that the negative aspects of the internet have been brought into the public eye after a whirl of internet controversy. internet censorship is the control of access to information presented on the internet.
- Argues that censoring the internet will not bring to an end problems pertaining to what is brought into the public eye. the 1st amendment of the constitution secures one's right to express their beliefs.
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- Explains that internet censorship is controlling what a user could and could not see, and it is killing young minds today. business firms and governmental organizations harm themselves and future generations who rely on the internet for information.
- Opines that net neutrality is a major thing that is needed. everyone lives with and uses the internet; the mother has to take care of the child.
- Explains the horrendous thing that the fcc is pushing for: the internet would become like a neutered dog—incapable of reproducing itself.
- Opines that censoring the internet violates the 1st amendment, which is a basic right that everyone has.
- Explains that sopa and pipa both played a huge role in censoring the internet.
- Opines that every major company is against sopa and pipa, as information will be blocked and new start-ups will not be able to handle the fees that go along with lawsuits.
- Compares the sopa and pipa acts to the censorship acts that are currently in place in china. china has blocked social networking websites such as facebook, tumblr and twitter.
- Opines that cispa is another thing killing the "free internet." it provides voluntary information that would protect giants like facebook and google from cyber attacks.
- Concludes that internet censorship is an obscenity and is not needed in this realm.
- Analyzes the fcc's flimsy defense of fake net neutrality.
- Explains the commission on china's censorship of the internet and social media: the human toll and trade impact.
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- Argues that censorship has played a major role in how the public is exposed to certain material. internet access is now one of the fastest ways to communicate with others, obtain information on virtually anything, and purchase items without having to leave your home.
- Explains that the federal government cannot stop graphic data from being distributed in such a way. members of congress and the house of representatives are working on bills that will filter out such sites.
- Explains the neighborhood children's internet protection act, which requires schools and libraries to implement community-directed internet use policies to prevent minors from being subject to indecent and negative material.
- Argues that filtering and blocking sites may be the best way to prevent mature material from being distributed over the internet, but it is not seen as a good idea to all.
- Concludes that filtering and blocking systems are not going to solve the problem of young people being exposed to mature web sites.
- Analyzes how a bill to protect children from pornography on the internet has been signed into law.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes the ethical and social implications inherent in filtering content online. they argue that society would be crippling individuals' right to use the power of the internet for free-speech.
- Explains that the internet is a new medium that gives individuals with modest to little means the ability to broadcast their message online.
- Opines that parents should restrict their children's access to objectionable content online. most people agree that children should be protected from exposure to overt sexuality or messages of hate by extremist groups.
- Explains that commercial software and services allow parents to set certain restrictions on their children's internet usage, such as cybersitter, aol kid control, netnanny, and surf watch.
- Explains that companies providing filtering services explain non-business motivations for their products in prominent sections of their websites.
- Explains that children and adults can easily access pornographic material via keyword searches, url spelling errors, and trial and error with obvious urls (web site addresses).
- Opines that content blocking is directed specifically towards the protection of children, and that blocking must be compatible with society's duty to shelter its youth.
- Explains that the electronic frontier foundation's "blue ribbon campaign" encourages website producers to place a blue ribbon decal on the bottom of their pages to show support and solidarity.
- Analyzes the effectiveness of filtering software by comparing it to a predetermined list of objectionable sites and using the internet content ratings association's ratings system.
- Explains that even modern filtering software products still perform irregularly when tested on a known list of 86 easily located web sites that contain sexually explicit content, violent graphic images, or that promote drugs, tobacco, crime or bigotry.
- Concludes that consumers reports' results cast doubt on the appropriateness of some companies' judgments in how to determine which sites would be blocked.
- Explains that the electronic frontier foundation, which orchestrates the "blue ribbon campaign," pledges itself to support litigation to preserve, protect, and extend first amendment rights within the realm of computing and telecommunications technology.
- Explains that opponents of filtering promote the "digital divide," whereby poorer segments of the population who cannot afford their own computers must rely on public library computers for internet access.
- Analyzes how the "green ribbon campaign" posts its beliefs on a rival website in an attempt to show opposition to the reckless promotion of unregulated expression.
- Argues that a central authority would be created for assigning ratings for internet content. this would allow society to focus solely on legal and ethical issues.
- Explains ford marrin esposito witmeyer & gleser, l.l.p., "can congress censor the internet?"
- States the text of communications decencyamendment passed by the u.s. senate on june 14, 1995, at http://www.prognet.com/contentp/rabest/thebill.html
2596 wordsRead More - The Importance Of Internet Censorshipcomparative essayInternet Censorship Khalid, Y, Alshughaybi Teacher Christine Research Skills 26 May 2014 Parents censor the Internet from their children, Why do you think that?. With a click of a mouse, you can access a lot of information, mostly children. Sometimes an access is bounded and some contents of the Internet blocked or closed.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that parents censor the internet from their children. they use intelligent filtering software to ensure children are using trusted sites and resource, and deny them accessing unappreciated sites.
- Explains that parents believe that the internet censorship is protecting our children from accessing pornographic material and harmful information.
- Explains that protecting children online is partly tactical and legal issue involving broadband and browser filter, but it is really a parenting issue. parents have always done: mediate and filter what they see.
- Explains that internet addiction among children is growing concern, with kids ages 8 to 18 spending on average 44.5 hours through one weak using computer.
- Explains that unlimited internet usage affects children's social behavior, which leads them to censor the internet. parents have responsibility to watch and control their children and learn respect for themselves and others.
- Concludes that the internet is growing fast and is an easy way of communicating around the world. parents who support internet censorship should protect their children from pornographic materials, internet addiction, and bad social behavior.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that the internet is an extremely educational and communicative tool. the most talked-about issue in today's world is "internet censorship".
- Argues that internet censorship can protect children from accessing bad websites, such as pornography, and it is not the government's responsibility.
- Explains that facebook in vietnam: why the block doesn’t work.
- Argues that the stop online piracy act (sopa) is not necessary because we already have laws to protect copyrights.
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- Explains that the internet is a portal into vast amounts of information concerning almost every aspect of life including education, business, politics, entertainment, social networking, and world security.
- Explains that the popularity of the internet has caused the world to become more dependent on the information that is searched.
- Explains that the internet's development coincided with the development of the early computers in the 1950s.
- Explains that internet censorship is the control or suppression of the publishing of, or access to information on the internet.
- Analyzes how the supreme court ruled that the communications decency act was protected by the first amendment, and congress passed title v, which affected internet usage in two ways.
- Argues that the supreme court voted to not help regulate the internet by not allowing for the communications decency act to add provisions.
- States that the opennet initiative monitors and reports on internet filtering and surveillance practices by nations.
- Explains that internet usage and control affects multiple countries in the world. every child in countries such as the united states must attend school.
- Opines that social networking has become the most reliable way to communicate in the world. social networking websites like facebook, myspace and twitter have become a distraction for adolescents and adults.
- Explains that internet censorship has become a major issue with big businesses and online companies are capitalizing on an unexpected business opportunity.
- Opines that the internet plays a valuable part in society's day to day, but it also has the ability to sway people’s opinions.
- Explains that the internet has become a key resource in developing the world, but the mass use of it has highlighted privacy and the protection of individual, corporate, and even government security.
- Explains the filter bubble, censorship on the internet, and the illusions of a boarderless world.
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In this essay, the author
- Opines that the internet should be censored because there needs to be some protection against the criminal minds that dwell in society.
- Argues that restricting internet usage violates the first amendment rights of the constitution. the internet allows everyone in a group to have the same opportunities for engaging in and partaking of debates.
- Explains that the lack of censorship makes the internet open to abuse and misuse in a number of ways. sex rings have used the internet to trade in pictures and encourage immoral and sick habits.
- Explains that the communications decency act attempts to ban the transmission of obscene or indecent material across the internet.
- Opines that the internet is a radical new medium, unlike anything that has come before it, and should be treated as such.
- Explains that internet censorship is absurd and unconstitutional.
857 wordsRead More - rexplanatory essayInternet censorship is a useful technique used to prevent harmful sites from getting into the reach of children. People have many different opinions about whether blocking specific is beneficial to our society or not. Internet censorship should be enforced because it provides safe internet searching, prevents unwanted social media contact in schools and other places where not allowed, and it helps to protect the youth from the people online.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that internet censorship is a useful technique used to prevent harmful sites from getting into the reach of children.
- Explains that the children's internet protection act was enacted by congress in 2000 to address concerns about children’s access to obscene or harmful content over the internet.
- Explains that internet censorship reduces the chances of cyberbullying. the child pornography act, or cppa, protects children from bullying.
- Explains that internet censorship is a huge tool used to protect people from the media that there is today.
948 wordsRead More - ...Kids Points of View: Internet Censorship." 2011. Points of View Reference Center. Web. 21 March 2012.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that censorship still prevails in america today, not only pornography or violence on television, but it seeps into our textbooks and classrooms.
- Opines that censorship is necessary in protecting national security, but there is no evidence to support that it protects children.
- Argues that parents' fears about censorship are misguided. the adolescent family life act (afla) provides funds to charitable and religious organizations to teach "chastity education" to young adults.
- Explains that some school administrators, teachers, and parents don't make informed decisions when deciding what material students can access.
- Explains that parents can become overwhelmed by the internet and television when trying to protect their children, especially with the vast amounts of obscene material available online.
- Explains that most people grew up watching wile e coyote have anvils dropped on his head or the saturday night cowboy shoot’em ups. adam thierer acknowledges some children lack the ability to distinguish between reality and fantasy, but those children have root problems.
- Opines that the individual, not government, should ultimately handle censorship. parents can limit their children's access to the internet, fewer hours online, and more hours outside.
- Argues that neither congress nor the federal communications committee should have ity to determine what constitutes appropriate material for everyone.
- Explains that the supreme court established a three-step process to determine how to classify material as obscene or not, and these criteria need updating.
- Opines that while the fcc patrols the airwaves for words that have a tenuous relationship with sex or excrement, commercials broadcast during prime-time hours frequently ask viewers whether they are battling erectile dysfunction or are having trouble going to the bathroom.
- Explains that censorship dates back to roman times, when socrates was found guilty and put to death because he believed in intellectual freedom.
- Concludes that we live in a free society and should be grateful for that. however, people have become complacent and don't realize they are chipping away at our freedoms.
- Cites carroll, jamuna, cole, jeffrey, and dilascio, tracey m., "point: censorship undermines democracy."
- Summarizes hopkins, ellen, and sprague, carolyn. "censorship cannot be allowed in america."
- Explains that "censorship is not an effective way to protect children."
1912 wordsRead More - CBAanalytical essayThere 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.
In this essay, the author
- Argues that internet censorship violates the american people's individual rights, common good, and the constitution.
- Explains that the communications decency act (cda) censored obscene and indecent material on the internet, limiting adults from things they can post, see, or do.
- Explains that the new bills stop online piracy act and protect internet privacy act (pipa) censor the internet a different way.
- Analyzes how the supreme court ruled that internet censorship violates the first amendment.
- Opines that despite being denied in the white house bills such as pipa and sopa, they don't help the common good, but keep the interest of big companies in mind.
- Argues that internet censorship affects people's individual rights and the common good. hackers, trolls, and bullies should not be punished.
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