... sexual acts. School textbooks and library materials are sought to be purged by groups who fear that they may evoke immoral values in children. Information concerning national security is controlled by government, with particular severity in wartime, for fear that its revelation may aid an enemy. The fear of invasion ... is easily the largest worldwide mass communications medium. With the medium comes the potential for the distribution and advertisement of pornographic materials. This creates a debate over what is censorship and what is really too explicit to be shown to the masses in any ...

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... lifted by the Internet. Supposedly lacking the stifling effect of centralised ownership while possessing the potential for interactivity, the Internet is much better suited for the type of uncoerced public debate that Habermas envisages. Indeed, this new medium seems to come very close to the Habermas' 'ideal speech situation'. Information is no longer a scarce commodity, but is freely available and ... to the public sphere-, as it hides all physical characteristics (Bass). This separation of the thought from the physical classifications of the thinker introduces a greater level of equ...

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... to what extent can employees monitor their employees" use of company information systems? Do employees have a legitimate expectation of privacy in the new electronic workplace? The legal aspects of this debate have arisen in the public forum, as well as the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of government. With the nation's preoccupation with safety and security, employees have an ever more ... , employers are able to monitor Internet usage such as web surfing and electronic mail. A case decided by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania was the first ...

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... aimed for all websites and internet networks regardless of the resources or actors funding them. The most contentious issue about the concept of net neutrality is the issue concerning the freedom that all net users and net providers should enjoy through an environment where free competition and the unlimited creation of and access to internet content are crucial ... imminent internet usage risks. The uncontrolled numbers of internet providers, the high proliferation of wireless and broadband networks from the powerful corporations present a challenge to the government on issues concernin...

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... not meant for torture, but meant for punishment for the crime. For the past decades capital punishment has been one of the most hotly contested political issues in America. This debate is a complicated one. Capital punishment is a legal, practical, philosophical, social, political, and moral question. The notion of deterrence has been at the very center of the practical ... debate over the question of capital punishment. Most of us assume that we execute murderers primarily because we believe it will discourage others from becoming murderers. Retentionists have long asserted the ... m...

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... in our haste to get on the information highway, we have neglected the basics. Others claim that "multimedia computers are the thalidomide of the 1990's" (MacLeans magazine). And as the debate continues, the reality remains that while the Internet is no panacea, it is an unparalleled resource for education that has the potential to transform the manner in which students learn ... levels of computer literacy have made individual needs very difficult to meet. There were those who had never used a computer before, and then those who wanted to master specific skills concerning E-Mail, Search...

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... major problems. The Government wants the Internet fully regulated, while those in academics want the Internet devoted exclusively to scholarly research. This is where many moral and ethical questions arise concerning the Internet.Security is a major issue with the Internet because the general public now has access to it. When only the government and higher education had access, there was no ... not been so generous with the Internet. This is due to the fact that television and magazines view it as a long-term threat to their sales. Not to mention the debate of the political Senators and...

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... on-line meeting. Once the meeting place and time are established, the children become easy prey for these twisted individuals. Officials of law enforcement have pointed out an alarming fact concerning on-line pedophiles. Durkin says that an upward trend in this practice indicates the possibility that, due to the Internet, some of these individuals may now be acting on fantasies ... Court due to violation of the First Amendment (7). In other words, the issue of how to protect minor from Internet pornography without violating the right of free speech is under debate. The tendency of child...

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... spying electronically is now firmly in place. Furthermore because of resent events, the horrific tragedy of September 11th, the senate and house have been much more lax in bill passing concerning terrorism and national security. The Combating Terrorism Act of 2001, grants law enforcement the right to "tap" more Internet users in more situations than before without a court order. "The measure ... give our law enforcement authorities every possible tool to search out and bring to justice those individuals who have brought such indiscriminate death into our backyard," Hatch said during the...

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