Given the candidates’ responses to the question "Should the government control access to information on the internet?" Who would receive my vote? Why? Should the government control access to information on the internet? No‚ I believe if government controlled what was on the internet it would be like the Nazi control all over again‚ where the people are not free and cannot express themselves. It would go against our freedom and be impossible to control. My vote would go to candidate three‚
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Internet Censorship in China: Keeping China from @$%#$%! It has become increasingly evident in recent times‚ that the Chinese government is continuously reinforcing their internet firewall‚ substantially censoring their people from access to such sites as Google‚ You Tube‚ Facebook‚ and Twitter‚ in an effort to smother perceived antigovernment sentiment among the citizens of China. Internet censorship in China is considered by many to be the most stringent in the world. Keith Bradsher said‚ “A
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Censorship in music has been part of our society for decades. However‚ the reasons to censor the material that is exposed to the public are conflicting and so are the means as to how put in practice a censor to the material. There are arguments for the need of censored lyrics and there is some level of acceptance from artists that audience gets a warning of content before their exposure to it. There are also disagreements to a better way to create labels for the music industry‚ without them affecting
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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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clips on the internet‚ magazines‚ movies‚ books‚ and artistic illustrations by which it has made its way into the homes of many people today. The issue of pornography acceptance in society is somewhat based on personal opinion. A large number of Americans enjoy porn and form part of the billion market‚ whereas others find pornography distasteful and want censorship. There are two sides to the pornography argument‚ those for censorship and those against censorship. I find that censorship‚ or the anti-pornography
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"Counterpoint: Sometimes Censorship is Necessary‚" Cushman and Witherbee state‚ "despite what people will tell you‚ hardly any American is actually opposed to censorship in all cases" (1). This quote means people are not against censorship‚ most are either neutral or for it. That is because censorship protects people from harmful material. Censorship is a highly debated topic because of what people think about the material being seen and produced. Nevertheless‚ censorship is required in today’s society
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The United Mexican States is currently the country with the most Internet users among the whole of Spanish speaking countries in the western hemisphere. Currently‚ the Mexican government has instilled no form of statewide Internet censorship. No legislation has been passed that has demanded regulations be imposed on Internet usage and such usage is‚ be law‚ free of filtering and blockage. Mexico is a force in Internet freedom. In 2002‚ The United Mexican States passed a Freedom of Information Law
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Should the Internet be censored? From colonial times to the present‚ the media in America has been subject to censorship challenges and regulations. The Internet has become a vast sea of opportunity. Everyone is seizing the moment. The good and the bad of society have reduced the meaning of the Internet. Menace threatens each onlooker‚ as people browse the many pages of Cyberspace. As the new technological advances help to shape our society‚ one cannot help but think of the dangers waiting
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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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Censorship seems to be over used in the united states of america‚ censorship would be a good thing if it was used when needed instead of being used for unnecessary reasons. Men and women expect censorship to take over their jobs of being parents and protect their children from the harmful things in life‚ Doing that is not the government’s job. Men and women look at censorship as if it is just there to stop them from seeing/hearing certain things. Censorship has a deeper meaning than just not letting
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