"A hot topic that has been going around for a long time, especially now with the Net Neutrality debate, is how much should the government be allowed to look into and monitor our internet usage. There are multiple different arguments to be used for this. Cyberbullying is something that has manifested more and more in our society, ever since having a Smart Phone was the only ""right"" phone to have. The internet is accessible right at our fingertips, and kids can be cruel. They are able to hide behind a username and a screen and attempt to get away with being cruel with little to no punishment for their actions.
The state of North Carolina passed a law in June 2016 that allows a harsher punishment for individuals who ""promote or encourage others …show more content…
Net Neutrality has become something that is now widely discussed in the United States. The Trump FCC is planning on taking away Net Neutrality sometime in December 2017. This removal could affect many, if not all, small businesses, and communication will not be as easy as we have it now. Everything that is said and done on the internet will go through data companies and it will be analyzed and quite possibly manipulated. With this happening, it can turn our system into even more of a monopoly than it already is, with whoever paying the highest dollar will have more of an influence on how we spend our money or what we look at. You may be trying to go on a clothes shopping website, but as soon as you get on the said website, it immediately redirects you to a different shopping website since the second website is paying the cable company more money than the first website is. With everything being analyzed, the government can take things that are said or published off of the internet, just because they don't like what someone has to say because it may disagree with the party in power's point of view. Revoking net neutrality allows the government to have complete access to what happens on the internet, which invades the privacy of citizens, going against their basic human
The state of North Carolina passed a law in June 2016 that allows a harsher punishment for individuals who ""promote or encourage others …show more content…
Net Neutrality has become something that is now widely discussed in the United States. The Trump FCC is planning on taking away Net Neutrality sometime in December 2017. This removal could affect many, if not all, small businesses, and communication will not be as easy as we have it now. Everything that is said and done on the internet will go through data companies and it will be analyzed and quite possibly manipulated. With this happening, it can turn our system into even more of a monopoly than it already is, with whoever paying the highest dollar will have more of an influence on how we spend our money or what we look at. You may be trying to go on a clothes shopping website, but as soon as you get on the said website, it immediately redirects you to a different shopping website since the second website is paying the cable company more money than the first website is. With everything being analyzed, the government can take things that are said or published off of the internet, just because they don't like what someone has to say because it may disagree with the party in power's point of view. Revoking net neutrality allows the government to have complete access to what happens on the internet, which invades the privacy of citizens, going against their basic human