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Net Censorship

             Most of us find it useful, Some of us find it entertaining.
            
             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 of .
             decency to the new telecommunications device. Anti-censors thought the amendment was acting like the .
             "thought police." .
             Recently though the Supreme Court overturned the Communications Decency Act in the civil case .
             of Reno v. ACLU. This new law states that the Internet deserves the same level of speech protection as .
             books or other printed material. .
             Even with this new law in effect many people are still trying and some are succeeding at censoring .
             the Internet. They are creating schemes to block and rate the net. A meeting recently took place at the .
             White House about this subject. Several industry leaders and the government agreed to try to originate a .
             variety of systems to block and regulate controversial online speech. Despite the Supreme Court these .
             leaders are inching toward the dangerous and incorrect understanding that the Internet is like television and .
             should be rated and/or censored. .
             During this meeting many announcements took place. Netscape, a major online server, .
             proclaimed their plans to join Microsoft, a major computer company, and adopt the Platform for Internet .


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1. Censorship of the Internet

Governing the Internet dominates many debates, censorship leading the fight. ... As stated in "Censorship and the U.S. Government," "Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity it should end there" (Censorship and the U.S. ... Such software as "SurfWatch", "NET NANNY", and "CYBERsitter" offer a variety of options including blocking of specific sites, preventing children from revealing personal information, and keeping a record of the places visited while on-line (Censorship and the U.S. ... As one can see, censorship is driven by the fear of the unknown. ...

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2. Internet Censorship

I believe that Internet censorship is un-necessary for the following two reasons. First of all, any type of censorship on the net is inefficient and would prove to be technically impossible due to anomity. Secondly, censorship would damage the atmosphere of the freedom to express ideas on the Internet; therefore governments should not encourage censorship. ... Most Internet users are enjoying their freedom of speech on the Net, and according to Corn-Revere, it has been suggested that, on-line systems give people far more genuinely free speech and free press than ever before in human history....

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3. The Negative Effects of Net Neutrality

The intent of this study is to access the negative effects of net neutrality. ... This endorsement brought a broad consensus that any form of mitigation, restraining or censorship of substitutive internet services should remain prohibited. ... 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 issues that promote fair online business. ... Data loss, online fraud, and online abuse...

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4. sex on the net

SEX in the Net! ... Part of the problem is that censorship laws are not enforced. ... Another point, which makes censorship difficult, is the fact that censorship laws have only recently being required. In England for instance, censorship laws have, for hundreds of years, concentrated on heretic materials, where as now, they are finding that the only offence censorship is needed to prevent, is pornography. ... It is obvious that people are putting an effort in to censor the pornography, however when it comes to censoring material which goes all over the world, a balance must be found betw...

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5. Internet Censorship

Many people would say that the solution to this problem would be government censorship. ... The next censorship bill that went through congress and was signed by then president Bill Clinton was the Child Online Protection Act. ... Government censorship of the internet is not the answer to the problems many see with the internet. First, government censorship is a violation of free speech. ... Net Nanny is an example of one of these filtering programs. ...

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6. Internet Censorship Isn't Necessary

Censorship has always been an issue in the world. What exactly is censorship? ... Censorship is the act of removing this questionable material. ... Unfortunately for society, this act was passed by "an admittedly Net-illiterate Congress" (Quittner). ... A person not looking for these sites is relatively safe when surfing the net. ...

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7. Indecency on the Net

Indecency On The Net Reno v. ... The opponents of the CDA argued that the law was censorship and violated their First Amendment rights by restricting their communication with adults. ... Parental supervision, assisted by technological tools such as blocking software like Net Nanny and SurfWatch, could monitor and regulate children's access to the Internet. ...

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8. Media Censorship

Media Censorship Censorship of the media is a hotly contested topic. ... Censorship Unfortunate tragedies such as the MTV related incident and the Program related incident draw strong public support for censorship of the media. ... The primary concern of the television industry is to net a profit and then entertain the consumers. ... Censorship is not only controversial but quite difficult to implement. ... For many years the film industry has practiced a form of self-censorship. ...

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9. Internet Censorship

Many people would say that the solution to this problem would be government censorship. ... Government censorship of the internet is not the answer to the problems many see with the internet. First, government censorship is a violation of free speech. ... This is not true because there are programs available such as Net Nanny and other filtering software that can be installed on home computers to prohibit access to certain sites deemed unfit for children to look at. ... On the opposite end of the spectrum people say that government censorship is the only way to stop children from seeing ob...

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