Should The Government Monitor Internet Content?

" There is an ongoing dilemma in this internet age that dwells deep in the opinionated hearts of all internet users around the world: should the government monitor internet content? This question, like many others, has sparked debates in many places, including the internet itself. The internet, today, has forced itself into many lives; more than 3.8 billion people or 51% of the population around the world have access to the internet. The world inside the modern internet has become so intricate that many believe the government should have some control to prevent others from losing their way to pornography, contagious stupidity concerning dangerous viral challenge videos, misinformation, and propaganda of murderous groups; while those opposed
If it was said that the government should monitor the information given on the internet, it would be seen as sympathizing with a dictatorship. However, as has been stated multiple times, the U.S. has the freedom of speech; it can't be a dictatorship. This dilemma of monitoring internet content is linked to the debate on the limits of freedom of speech. For instance, hate speech is protected under the first amendment, unless it is acted on. In the Chaplinsky v New Hampshire, it was said, ""There are certain well defined and narrowly limited classes of speech, the prevention and punishment of which have never been thought to raise any Constitutional problem. These include the lewd and obscene, the profane, the libelous, and the insulting or 'fighting' words -- those which, by their very utterance, inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace."" There is a limit on freedom of speech - you can be arrested for verbal altercations. So, how does this tie into monitoring internet content? Verbal altercations are very often incited by endless trolls, so is obscenity, which is also not protected under freedom of speech. So much for the first amendment to support no government interference. Verbal altercations and misinformation are also depicted clearly in the propaganda of criminal and terror groups such as ISIS and MS-13 videos. ISIS used social media as a recruitment tool for their absurd cause while sugarcoating their lives to lure women and clueless teenagers in. MS-13 has made threatening videos stating, ""if you're not in it (MS-13), you're the target."" The government should protect society by blocking such videos from viewers on the