on the internet according to a report by CNN. With so much of people’s lives being spent surfing the web‚ the government has been finding ways to monitor the activity. As technology becomes more advanced‚ more of our lives are contained on the internet‚ so the question‚ “to what extent in the U.S. does the government-federal‚ state‚ and local-have the duty to monitor internet content‚” has arisen. I believe the U.S. government has the right to monitor their citizens activity on the internet to protect
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The authors of “The Censors”‚ a short story by Luisa Valenzuela‚ and “Cairo: My City‚ Our Revolution”‚ a journal entry by Ahdaf Soueif‚ both reveal the tragedy and suffering they faced with the living conditions in their countries of origin. Valenzuela uses a story to display this. Soueif‚ however‚ specifies her perspective in her writing. As Soueif pinpoints her outlook of the Arab Springs protests that took place in Egypt‚ she discloses the fear as well as patriotism that she experienced in her
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Should the internet be restricted and regulated? Early in 2012‚ Wikipedia went dark for a day‚ and on the black screen‚ an ominous warning said‚ “Imagine a world without free knowledge.” The website made a point how important the internet is to the world. The ability is to communicate with people‚ to know what is going on‚ and to give knowledge away for free. The internet is the best source of information; however‚ some websites contain improper or illegal information‚ videos‚ and pictures. The
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since the occurrence of Edward Snowden incident. Internet censorship is one of the security measures in many parts of the world. This measure was implemented by the government that requires Internet search organizations to censor the website which the content include the sensitive issues. Also‚ the Internet Service Provider block access to foreign website such as Facebook‚ Twitter and Youtube. When it comes to the question of whether acceptable of Internet censorship‚ most people are united in the answer
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Governments Should Not Compromise with Terrorists Would you give a thief $100‚000 to get your stolen purse back? If you were to give a thief $100‚000‚ you would make him think that he can make a profit out of stealing purses. The thief would also use the $100‚000 to buy a gun or other weapons or vehicles that would help him steal future purses. Now think about the thief as a terrorist and you as a government. Should governments negotiate with terrorists? Terrorism activities have increased these
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State government should be the ones that get to decide if their people should have the right to marijuana consumption. All reasons‚ aside‚ according to Article 1 in the Constitution‚ "All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States‚ which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives." The actual consumption of marijuana would be considered as being a legislative power and it should be up to the state government to decide. Each state should have a
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Should Governments Sponsor Gambling? The government is now sponsoring gambling to raise revenues. By 2002 government-sponsored gambling brought in 11 billion dollars! "Winning means a life of luxury and happiness‚" is only one of the many slogans the government uses to advertise gambling. Gambling has a lot of pros as to the economy and employing more citizens but it has a lot of cons as well. Should governments sponsor gambling? The answer is no! Governments should not sponsor gambling because
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Space exploration is a highly debated topic on whether or not it should be funded by the government. Currently‚ the United States spends $19.3 billion on space exploration out of its $3.95 trillion budget. Many people argue that the money needs to be spent on other issues like health care and help for the impoverished. Space exploration is an important field that the US government needs to focus on and fund because these endeavors can provide a national space defense‚ push us towards the future of
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The U.S. Government has a very large amount of debt‚ but yet the government is still focus on building and supporting things that are not necessary for the economy at all. What the U.S. Government needs to do is find a way to manage our debt‚ it is okay to have stadiums but it does no good for our economy. That is the problem with our society they are too busy worrying about sports than politics. They care and worry about who is going to win the super bowl this year‚ than to how is our financing
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Online or internet censorship is the control of publishing of and also accessing of information through the internet. These rules and regulations are mainly carried out by governments or by local organizations. The internet has become such a large source of information over the past decade or two. It is said there are over two million new internet users per month. As more users get a grasp of the internet and become familiar with it the potential of the content
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