Is the Internet as bad as people believe? The internet in this day of age is most likely the most useful resource we have. It is easy to access now at low cost to the user either from home using a PC‚ tablet‚ phone and even now a TV or from work or the decreasingly popular internet cafes. Surely it is a good thing to have the ability to have access and be able to share all the information you could ever want or need and can be used for a myriad of things such as: Research Banking Shopping
Premium Crimes Crime Identity theft
Nationwide Internet Censorship and the right to freedom of Speech and Opinion. In nations such as China‚ the Government controls what journalists write and who they interview‚ what statistics you are allowed to know and what TV programs you can easily watch as well as individual access of internet. When all your channels of information are censored you can’t be certain about what is really going on around you – in your neighborhood‚ your city‚ your country‚ or the world which infringes
Premium Freedom of speech Pornography Censorship
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 common in the 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. Unfortunately‚ there have
Premium Censorship Pornography Internet censorship
The Internet has been available for public service since 1983. With it’s rapidly expanding popularity‚ the number of internet users has quickly risen to over fifty million in a four year period (Bingi‚ Mir and Khmalah‚ 2000). One of many advantages of Internet use is the potential and accessibility as a tool for electronic trade. Electronic commerce also known as e-commerce‚ can be referred to as the purchasing and retailing of products or services over an electronic system. It is increasing at an
Premium Electronic commerce Online shopping User interface
Internet Censorship For centuries governments have tried to regular materials deemed inappropriate or offensive. The history of western censorship was said to have begun when Socrates was accused "firstly‚ of denying the gods recognized by the State and introducing new divinities‚ and secondly of corrupting the young." He was sentenced to death for these crimes. Many modern governments are attempting to control access to the Internet. They are passing regulations that restrict the freedom
Premium Censorship Internet Freedom of speech
common? They all are subject to some variation of internet regulation from their governments. Internet regulation has become a global issue as many people are questioning what authorities and personal freedoms that infringes on‚ and on the opposing end many people are for this sort of government “protection”. Here is the United States we are accustomed to being able to look up what we want when we want‚ and have a whole lot of freedom with our internet access. What we don’t all know is that every
Premium Censorship Freedom of speech Internet
certain freedoms of the internet for the American public. The Internet‚ a technological masterpiece‚ has been the subject of great controversy according to a professional by the name of Brian Leatherman. Since technological increases have given rise to the Internet‚ a new situation has evolved. Should the federal government be allowed to regulated and restricted information on the Internet? Certain people feel as though the Internet should be governmentally regulated and censored in order to protect
Premium First Amendment to the United States Constitution Supreme Court of the United States
1.0 INTRODUCTION Internet censorship is control of the accessing or publishing of information available on the internet. The problems caused by the misuse of internet brought about are censorship. Since approximately 1995‚ numerous governments around the world have been addressing the problems of material on the Internet that is illegal under their offline laws‚ and also that considered harmful or otherwise unsuitable for general public. The nature of material of concerned has varied substantially
Premium Internet
Issue: Internet censorship Introduction Internet censorship is carried out by governments for many reasons to prevent users from accessing certain sites and sharing information. It restricts Internet users from accessing certain information and also controls what can be published or viewed. It can be used in response to riots‚ protests and elections‚ since the internet makes it very easy for events like these to be organized. Internet censorship has been going on for the past decade and has caused
Free Human rights Internet Pornography
more people are using internet for various purpose such as searching‚ commenting and communication‚ also times become more frequent than before. There are critical for us to discuss whether internet is an open platform for anyone to do anything. Being censored by the local government is a restriction of internet freedom undoubtedly‚ paralleling this overall dual perspective‚ it also is an indispensable protection for national citizens. Based on general knowledge‚ internet is a platform with decentralized
Premium Censorship Freedom of speech Internet censorship