* The internet is the fastest growing and largest tool for mass communication and information distribution in the world. It can be used to distribute large amounts of information anywhere in the world at any time. The Australian government revealed a plan to put in place a compulsory filter on the internet to prevent access to inappropriate material. In 2011‚ the people of Australia and its politicians alike have expressed major concerns over this introduction of a censorship‚ as the vast amount
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Censorship‚ “Gates” Article The recipe for a strong argument is comprised of two main facets. One is its ability to persuade and the other its ability to reason. It’s possible for an argument to persuade without reason‚ but if an article lacks reason and fails to persuade it’s left completely exposed. Alice Bailey and Laura Tallman’s article‚ “Internet filters are gates‚ not erasers‚ to protect kids in library” which appeared in 2009 in The Press Democrat‚ exemplifies an argument that attempts to
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Professor Date Censorship and the Internet People have suffered through not knowing the full extent of the digital age because some governments have prevented them from accessing the information super-highway known as the internet. The internet is censored because of corrupt and controlling governments and schools that think they are helping. Censorship itself is not inherently bad‚ but the venal tendencies of man are what cause censorship to become the main tool of dictators. The internet should be
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Censorship on the Internet Five years after the first world wide web was launched at the end of 1991‚ The Internet has become very popular in the United States. Although President Clinton already signed the 1996 Telecommunication ActI on Thursday Feb 8‚ 1996‚ the censorship issue on the net still remains unresolved. In fact‚ censorship in cyberspace is unconscionable and impossible. Trying to censor the Internet its problematic because the net is an international issue‚ there is no standard for
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Subject: Internet Censorship The Internet has become a constantly growing source of information and entertainment over the past years. Anyone can express themselves through blogs‚ websites etc. Internet censorship aims to control and regulate the flow of information and the contents spreading on the Internet. Some people say yes to it‚ others say no. In this essay we are going to see the pros and cons of Internet censorship. On one hand‚ Internet censorship is necessary to prevent children
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The Internet is an amazing place where people can communicate‚ transfer and research information‚ and find entertainment sites. It also allows freedoms that major media enterprises did not have. The concern with the Internet is it contains sites that are not appropriate for children. Some people believe the Internet should be free from censorship while other argue the Internet should be controlled. We all want the Internet to be fun and safe place where everyone can go and enjoy the great benefits
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The problem of Internet censorship‚ the act of limiting access to undesirable sites‚ continues to grow in today’s world. While justifying censorship in other countries because of nondemocratic governments‚ the United States Constitution grants the protection of an American’s freedom of speech‚ causing for the rise of many controversies and scandals. Internet censorship occurs in many ways; however‚ the most common methods‚ IP address blocking and Domain Name System‚ DNS‚ filtering and redirection
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Censorship of the Internet The internet should be censored in the United States. There are countless websites and search engines that have inappropriate and sometimes false information. Websites such as Wikapedia say that they are accurate but are known for giving false information. Pornographic websites sometimes have harmless URL addresses that can be easily stumbled upon by under age children. In addition‚ social networking websites do not enforce age restrictions and can be dangerous for young
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people had internet access at the end of that year. Since then‚ the percentage of people using the internet around the world has continued to grow” (Li 2). Censoring the internet has been a hot topic for quite a while now. Many people believe that censoring the web isn’t a good thing because of certain laws and rights we have as citizens. The internet has some cons but it also has many pros. The downside of the censorship is that the truth is blocked out and it violates our freedom of speech. On the
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Censorship‚ in true form‚ is the systematic banning of books‚ the Internet‚ or other literature due to content that has been deemed inappropriate. In the United States‚ it is used widely in the context of adolescent literature. Resistors to this movement often claim that the government is violating many children’s first amendment rights. Numerous cases have been brought. Others find this act of restricting material devastating to the education system. Censorship has infringed on children’s first
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