New Research: Internet Censorship To Stop Protests... Actually Increases Protests from the who-didn’t-see-that-coming? dept We’ve been arguing for a while that attempts by various governments to shut down forms of communication during protests and riots only serves to make protesters and rioters angrier. Some new (quite timely) research‚ pointed out by Mathew Ingram‚ seems to agree that internet censorship tends to make such problems worse. The research is a quick read‚ and certainly goes further
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“Internet Dating: Should you do it or not? Name: Paulo Christian A. Ortiz Section: BSA-1A Type of Speech: Informative Speech Purpose: To inform my audience that internet dating brings a lot of dangers. According to John Foster‚ “When all sounds too good to be true- it probably is not true”. So‚ while there are many scam artists on the internet‚ there are ten times more genuine people there as well. The content of my speech is all about the disadvantages of internet dating. Let me bring all of
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Back in the early 2000’s the internet was still expanding‚ looking for new ways to make it more easily accessible for millions of users around the world. It’s main purpose was to allow users to search for information they were most interested in‚ so they could read and learn about it. Internet was very simple‚ it had no advertisements‚ no shopping magazines and no other way of communication but sending an email from one person to another. Ten years later the internet has become more easily accessible
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Do you want our future generations being exposed to violence‚ hate‚ sex‚ illegal substances‚ and false information‚ and then one day think it would be cool or alright to try these things? The internet is filled with dangerous information‚ that children should never have the freedom to access. Children learn from example‚ and if they search‚ watch‚ or read something on the web that could be potentially dangerous‚ they could be influenced or curious and think that it would be alright to imitate one
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Computers and the Internet are great items for the household‚ but along with these advantages there are disadvantages. They are constantly changing the way that we live and do business. The Internet puts tons of information at a click of a button. This information is a great educational tool for children. The Internet can be very dangerous to young children‚ and there is also research being done now about possible problems that adults have with computers. It is the parents’ responsibility to make
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Creating‚ celebrating‚ and instrumentalising the online carnival Edited by David Kurt Herold and Peter Marolt Introduction Noise‚ spectacle‚ politics: carnival in Chinese cyberspace David Kurt Herold The Internet in China was developed at about the same time as the Internet in Europe and America‚ but its structures and set-up were quite different. During the late 1980s and early 1990s‚ academic institutions in China began to set up intranets on their campuses that were later connected
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Peter Kimbrell Dr Beth Gibbs Microcomputers CIS146 October 21‚ 2014 Internet Filters When browsing the Internet‚ users may encounter a filter. Filters are programs that remove or block certain items from being displayed. Four widely used Internet filters are anti-spam programs‚ web filters‚ phishing filters‚ and pop-up blockers. An anti-spam program is a filtering program that attempts to remove spam before it reaches an Inbox or forum. Spam is an unsolicited email message or posting sent too
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Internet and Crime Natasha Ross CIS170 Mark Stone‚ Professor February 17‚ 2014 The internet has contributed to criminal activity by giving an enlarged amount of obscurity for the criminal. They are able to do crimes from anywhere in the world. Most people feel safe because they are not actually close to the person they are committing the crime against. Computer associated crimes have become common in current years as many parts of an individual’s life are inspired by
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Evgeny Morozov talks about the internet and the role it has in the way people participate in politics and how it affects them as active social activists‚ or at least that what I got from it. I do think that the internet does help us be more aware of what’s going on around us‚ politically wise‚ but I do not feel like it has a big enough impact on most people to want to do something to change the problems around them. I have seen some social movements grow thanks to the internet‚ though‚ like the Black Lives
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Prior to the internet‚ the way people obtained their information was much different. Most people received their information from biased sources such as the television‚ radio‚ and newspaper. Most people did not have a way to access unbiased information because they were not able to research and go beyond what the media was saying. Because of this‚ people only knew what the media wanted them to know. As a result the information was limited‚ conflicting and less than helpful. Therefore‚ the democracy
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