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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Today‚ there is much argument that is raised upon weather or not violent media should be censored and if so‚ to what extent it should be censored. Each individual have their own opinion on censorship of violent Medias. Especially‚ some religious groups opposed to violent actions say it works in decreasing violent behaviors. However‚ before answering such question it’s also important to consider if it really influence how people behave since that would be the main reason to censor it. According
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Should the Internet Be Censored? "No bones about it‚ the Internet needs to be censored". At least according to Gerry Morgan‚ president of an Internet contents provider and a parent‚ he among other non-denominational Christian parents claims that they have found "the only realistic answer to the Internet porn-crisis". They’ve created a program where all Web sites are pre-screened‚ avoiding any material that can be harmful to kids (Watson). They say that the Internet has to be censored because
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Though censorship is seen differently in the eyes of many people‚ the general stance on censorship is simple. Music should not be censored. Yes‚ some music promotes violence‚ drugs‚ sex‚ and alcohol‚ but it’s the artists way to express how they feel. Censoring music limits the artists right to freedom of speech and in some instances it changes the view the artist had when they pictured the song. In todays society adults want to protect innocent children from the so called filth‚ foul language‚ racist
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Should the internet be censored? The internet is the last vestige of free media and press in the whole wide world. The internet is a far more powerful tool but unfortunately our politicians don’t seem to mix too well with technology and social media. Hence‚ I absolutely abhor the idea of a tyrannical government censoring. By censoring the internet they would be taking away the inherent right to freedom of speech. After an extensive research I have realized that via the internet you gain reliable
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Why Music Should Not Be Censored “Censorship is based on fear ”(Johnny Clegg). The fear that people‚ especially youth‚ will be exposed to music with lyrics and/or videos that contain obscene content. There are those that want to limit the exposure of these songs to the public. Then there are the others who want to let people choose what they can and can not listen to. Music censorship has no place in our modern society‚ because of its negative effects. Censorship is nothing new in America. After
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Should the internet be censored? The internet should not be censored‚ because it is a person’s choice to decide what they want to do on the internet is their business. Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration‚ without distinction of any kind‚ such as race‚ color‚ sex‚ language‚ religion‚ political or other opinion‚ national or social origin‚ property‚ birth or other status. Furthermore‚ no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political‚ jurisdictional
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Music Should Be Censored By Kylie Toh Most music nowadays contain profanity‚ sexual content‚ mock religion and much more. In some countries‚ the government censors music to protect the youth from hearing such things. Many people are opposed to the idea‚ saying that it’s not nice to listen to a song on the radio and suddenly a long beeping sound replaces a curse word and that a curse word isn’t that bad and will not affect a child at all. However‚ studies show that the origin of cursing becoming
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Internet users to bypass the technical aspects of Internet filtering and gain access to otherwise censored material. Circumvention is an inherent problem for those wishing to censor the Internet‚ because filtering and blocking do not remove content from the Internet and as long as there is at least one publicly accessible uncensored system‚ it will often be possible to gain access to otherwise censored material. However‚ circumvention may not be very useful to non tech-savvy users and so blocking and
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were present at the time. Boundaries in art are a hard thing to do‚ some people think the work of Damien Hirst is "sick‚ foul and outrageous" (Robinson 1) but the deeper meaning of this work may just not be understood by the viewer‚ so who says they should be able to censor it. No one is fully able to define all the borders for an artist’s work‚ people have different tastes and opinions. For instance Giuliani goes up for re-election‚ "bans hot-dog vendors from midtown sidewalks [and] sells off public
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