Censorship

In the Censorship reading by Alexander Halavais, the author discusses how many governments filter through certain sites so their citizens can only see what they allow, and how they do that in compliance with Google and various other search engines. Additionally, Halavais addresses how much a search engine should be able to index and how that is a violation of intellectual privacy. Lastly, he reviews governments attempts to acquire private information from citizens from search engines and their…

Censorship can be used in two ways: One being a potion that can give us knowledge about life, and a poison that can block the knowledge of what life is. Going through life experiences is a good way to learn new things and to learn between what is right and wrong. Censorship plays a role by controlling what a person experiences and doesn’t experience. Censorship is used everywhere and used everyday. The way people use censorship can have an impact on a person's experience in the world. Sometimes…

There are also people who are for censorship. Many schools are feeling pressure to censor books because of new educational standards. In the article Education; Schools Feel Censorship pressure, the author talks about how schools are feeling pressure to censor their student’s education because of new educational standards. The pressure comes from people who want to impose their views on the educational system by removing or restricting use of certain materials (New York Times 1). People are…

Do I think parents should be able to use censorship with their children to block out anything that is offensive until they are ready? Yes, I think parents should have that choice. Would I want my parent to use it with me? No, not really because if so I would not be as informed as all of my other friends would be if their parents didn´t use censorship. Should parents have the choice? Of course I would think parents should have the choice of censorship. If they want to raise their children that…

"Moderate Censorship is Needed In September 2014, the internet hit the milestone of one billion websites. With over 1,200 petabytes of data. There is no way to censor all of this data, but we must try. Illegal and explicit content can be accessed by anyone, anywhere, and at any time. Videos of violence, abuse, etc. are seen by children and adults alike mostly by accident. These things aren’t appropriate for people of any ages to see or hear. When children see these videos they become…

online behavior from their parents”? (Porn Stats) This is the result of censorship of pornographic material. Pornographic material should not be censored because it is a major business like any other, it conflicts with one’s Constitutional rights, and because it is a hindrance to the secular development of children. Some people may argue that “censorship shelters children from ideas that may damage their moral development.” (Censorship 15) To that, others may ask: who is to determine what is…

library and check out the book. Except there’s only one problem, they don’t have it. You ask them if they have it and they say “we don’t carry that book because it is offensive to our readers”. What makes a book so offensive that it leads to censorship or bans? Now, let’s get the elephant out of the room first, subject matter is the main reason for a book being shelved. There is certain subject matter in certain books that others may find too sacred for younger readers to experience;…

Jacob Palmer Ms. Hampel Modern Classics 4 April 2017 Throughout the world, there are different types of censorship whether that be through government and social media. What is censorship, well, censorship is the control of what people may say, hear, write, read, see, or do? So how would you feel if what you were able to view and see on the internet including news could possibly be fake? Well, that is a reality in China, not only do they censor the news and anything that goes against the…

Would you want your child reading a book that that might influence them to do something wrong? Many books in school get censored all the time. When a book gets banned or censored it would not be able to be read by students or be in the curriculum. Also, the book can not be distributed by teachers in the school. After reading Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan, we believe that it should be censored because it involves bad role models and a lot of violence. To begin, this book should be banned…

of these rights through the act of internet censorship. Internet censorship is the act of controlling and/or blocking information online. As time has passed and the Internet has grown more popular, its restrictions has influenced more people than ever before. Internet censorship is a violation of some of the biggest liberties humankind has, and it should be abolished to preserve the safety of our people. One of the Amendments that internet censorship severely breaches is the very first. This…