“It” is the Internet. The Internet has dramatically changed our society. It brings together people

and their ideas from all around the world in a short amount of time. It is expanding daily to allow new

ideas and thought s to be transmitted quickly and easily with the single click of a button. One can find

information on almost any subject there. Yet many people are trying to censor it. The Internet contains

racist thoughts, sexually explicit material and much more inappropriate material. But who is it

inappropriate for and why should it be censored?

In 1996 the Communications Decency Amendment was passed by congress. This amendment

imposed a $100,000 fine or a 2-year jail term on anyone who used the Internet to annoy, abuse, threaten or

harass anyone else. Pro-censors believed the act to be necessary in order to extend the standards

Content Selection (PICS). PICS is a rating standard that established a consistent way to rate and block

encouraging it’s use. Senator Patty Murray of New York announced of a proposed legislation that would

What will be the result of all these actions? The Internet will become bland and homogenized.

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