be offensive to others. But not everybody agrees with that. The censorship of the Internet is still a very controversial issue‚ and people all over the world debate whether or not this is a case against free speech. While Morgan states that by censoring the Internet we’ll be protecting ourselves and our children‚ Mr. Jeffrey Pollock‚ a Republican from Oregon who used to think the same‚ recently changed his mind when he found out that his own site had been blocked by an Internet filter. After the
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become a major player for internet search engines in China‚ however‚ they had buckled and filtered search results according to the Chinese government. When Google.cn was launched‚ a loud public outcry over its giving in to the Chinese government on censoring and filtering search engine results‚ the company faced a communications crisis. Since Google had always been known for its free thinking‚ this seemed a vast contradiction. From a communications standpoint‚ Google’s greatest vulnerability in this
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Pornography websites have graphic images and videos that do not need to be seen by children. Censoring and requiring age restrictions on these sites would make it more difficult for children to access these inappropriate websites. Facebook‚ Myspace‚ and Twitter also do not have age restrictions‚ which is harmful to young children because of all the stalkers and sexual predators in today’s day and age. Censoring regulated by the government to give the people the opportunity to vote on what they want censored
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and behaviors that they wouldn’t think of otherwise. Protecting children from things like violence and sex is most important when they are still at a stage of their life where they are easily influenced and have not developed to their entirety. By censoring the media‚ it would affect young children in a positive way and prevent children from going in the wrong direction in
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Analyse the role music played in bringing an end to the Apartheid regime in South Africa. After watching the film ‘Searching for Sugar Man’‚ directed by Malik Bendjelloul earlier this year I was intrigued and inspired to look further into the role music played in ending the Apartheid regime in South Africa. ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ is a critically acclaimed film‚ winning an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature‚ which tells the story American musician Sixto Rodriguez role in introducing
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Everyone has heard of the Internet and how it is going to help set the world free. The Internet is the fastest growing form of communication and is becoming more and more commonplace in the average American home. Companies these days do big business over the Internet‚ and online shopping has grown tremendously in the last few years. For instance‚ the online auction site eBay sells millions of items every year online. Many companies are making even more plans to expand their business to the Internet
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“Censoring a book is censoring knowledge.” Every year books are banned for being offensive without considering what other people might think. Everyone has their own point of view on what types of book should be banned. People may say that banning books is simply to protect others. However‚ they are overlooking the fact that not everyone’s opinions are the same. Books should not be banned from schools and libraries‚ everyone is entitled to their own thoughts and opinions of the book. They’re some
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the “kiddy porn” argument as kiddy porn being an issue of child abuse‚ not an issue of free speech. She argues that women’s reactions to the same nude pictures are as varied as the women themselves. A main argument made was that censoring of porn could lead to the censoring of other women’s issues. She is even worried that if these kinds of issues are ignored or considered as a part of first amendment‚ the serious issues of women‚ such as; rape and other vital issues of women could be censored. So
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The forces of art and the forces of power‚ ever since their existence‚ have always clashed with each other. The battle field‚ where the fight for artistic exposure is suppressed by the powers of censorship‚ is not just one field‚ but a massive number of fields. Fields like painting‚ advertising‚ food‚ media‚ and even gaming are being massacred by the weapons of censorship. Now‚ is it wrong to hold back art‚ or is it wrong to let it run free? It all depends on how the art is presented. There are good
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Internet: Censorship versus Human Rights Jesslyn Sung 10/02/2011 What is your ideal picture of a free-speech internet where your human rights as are prioritized? Since Hillary Clinton’s landmark speech last year‚ "Remarks on internet Freedom"‚ the net today promotes a more open internet with human rights. The internet revolution is further supported by the social networks services such as Facebook and Twitter‚ where people’s right of freedom of speech and expression seemed to be ungovernable
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