Net neutrality has recently has been repealed, causing major uproar throughout the nation. Such uproar is justified for ethical reasons alone, as well as the preservation of freedom of speech and overall happiness of society in general. This has the potential to lead to violent rebellion and the development of oppressive governments. The U.S. government does, however, have important laws to protect the rights of the users of the internet, these laws are essential to overall internet safety. Such laws include the Computer Fraud And Abuse Act (CFAA), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Cyber Intelligence Sharing And Protection Act (CISPA) and the Computer Fraud And Abuse Act (CFAA). These laws represent the essential framework for basic internet safety and laws are are important
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These laws are essential towards the stopping and preventing of internet crime and forms of cyberbullying. With these laws, it is the duty of any government to protect its people from potential harm, but the government must ensure it does not go to far in the monitoring of the internet. Such cases where the government pushes too far for online regulations could be unsafe. This has been seen with the decision to repeal net neutrality, which caused some temper and even outrage in the United States. It has been shown throughout history that an impassioned and offended common population has led to rebellion and uprising, as seen in Atlantic Revolutions in the time spanning from 1750 C.E. through 1900 C.E. These include the French, Haitian, Latin American and the United States revolutions. A common theme in most of these revolts was an unjust government, and the restriction of in human rights which were realized during the enlightenment period with those like John Locke. It can be argued that high degrees of government involvement within the internet can be considered as a restriction of freedom and rights, as citizens are not free to see and possibly say
These laws are essential towards the stopping and preventing of internet crime and forms of cyberbullying. With these laws, it is the duty of any government to protect its people from potential harm, but the government must ensure it does not go to far in the monitoring of the internet. Such cases where the government pushes too far for online regulations could be unsafe. This has been seen with the decision to repeal net neutrality, which caused some temper and even outrage in the United States. It has been shown throughout history that an impassioned and offended common population has led to rebellion and uprising, as seen in Atlantic Revolutions in the time spanning from 1750 C.E. through 1900 C.E. These include the French, Haitian, Latin American and the United States revolutions. A common theme in most of these revolts was an unjust government, and the restriction of in human rights which were realized during the enlightenment period with those like John Locke. It can be argued that high degrees of government involvement within the internet can be considered as a restriction of freedom and rights, as citizens are not free to see and possibly say