Should Government Be Allowed To Regulate Information On The Internet

For around 20 years, the Internet has been a vital part of American society. It has become how people express themselves and communicate. It has also become a thing that many people can't imagine living without. But is it right for the Internet, or at least a great part of it, to be sensitized, censored by the government of a country? The federal government should not be allowed to regulate information on the Internet. The idea of the original Internet in the 1960s was to build communication networks via computer. It developed into the practical, "anyone can access" web we know today in the late 1990s and the early 2000s. This web became vital in the instantaneous sharing of elaborate ideas and entertainment. When a government censors and controls the Internet, information is withheld. There are ideas and plots that won't have the chance to be shared. This takes away from the development of the people of a country and its culture. This lack of development leaves people ignorant to ideas other than the ones their government wants them to know about. There are …show more content…
"Regulating and censoring online content would be in direct opposition of the Amendment," (10 Reasons the Government Should Not Regulate the Internet). Also, the government viewing and controlling a citizen's Internet would be a needless violation of their privacy. In fact, the Constitution says, "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." This means that the government has no legal grounds to violate a person's privacy by controlling what they see on their personal Internet devices without at least some proof of illegal