Internet censorship

Lately I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about how there has been a bit of controversy about an art students painting and whether or not it should be displayed at the art exhibition here on campus. It has been brought to my attention that in the painting the artist depicted herself as a sailor seducing her boyfriend who was depicted as a siren. Some people feel like the painting is pornographic while others believe that it is simply artistic. But is it really a big deal? A question that I’m pretty…

individuals not to allow us to cause harm to one another and spread hate online. Advocacy of Violence The First Amendment does generally bar the government from controlling communication but, regulating speech on the Internet would help to at least curb violence both on and off the Internet. Speech that contains an incitement to promote violence even if it is not a direct threat falls outside the protection of the First Amendment. For instance, there is a case known as the “Jake Baker” case.…

Book burnings has a long history of this happening some date all the way back to 213 BC in china. A recent time that book burning took place in the United States was in 1948. That year the residents of Binghamton, N.Y.were going house to house to gather books, But not any book they were focusing on one type and they were comic books. The people that were doing this were students there reason was that they felt the comic books were going to cause depravity to the youth. The American Library…

National Coalition Against Censorship, the NCAC asks what was the inspiration for Geography Club and Hartinger explains, “You know, it’s partly because the story is semi-autobiographical – I was a gay teen – and I figured if I told this story, it might make things a little bit easier for the gay teens who come after me.” This book is a wonderful story teenagers accepting themselves and the…

In the first chapter of “Ways of Seeing” the author, John Berger, mentions many points about how the reproduction of art has changed the way we see art as a whole. Specifically, in the last paragraph he makes a strong statement about how art of the past has now become a political issue. In the first sentence of the paragraph he starts off by saying that “The art of the past no longer exists as it once did”, which means that art no longer exists as it did. Since it was once isolated, part of a…

The job of a journalist is to investigate news stories and present unbiased, factual information. When they fail to adhere to this standard or knowing publish false information to sway public opinion, the ramifications could be far-reaching. This is evident when TMZ's mischaracterization of the treatment of dogs in the movie "A Dog's Purpose" caused the premiere to be canceled, receive reduced earnings due to several boycotts, and damage the lead actor's reputation. Beyond the implications fake…

are tightened, and mouths closed in other parts of world, thus thanks to those who have initially drafted the ultimate components and to the notable implementation made by the USA. Freedom of speech should be guaranteed without any retaliation or censorship at anytime, anywhere, and anyplace. In absence of freedom of speech, there are not be prosperous society, citizen participation, and even more…

A traveller goes to China and tries to access Youtube, but realizes that it is blocked. A more extreme form of censorship is shown in Fahrenheit 451. In this book, all forms of literature such as books were banned by the government. This caused people to become mindless drones who lacked knowledge and creativity. Bradbury had a purpose for writing this, to warn us about how censorship can be used by the government for malicious purposes; he does this using literary elements. Bradbury…

been one other despicable sin that has too frequently been overlooked: The banning of books. Many think that banning a book and censoring a book are the same thing. However, that is not the case. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, censorship is ¨the suppression of words, images, or ideas that are offensive.¨ Banning a book is, to put it nicely, prohibiting free access to a book. We must ask ourselves why we allow this dastardly crime to continue. We must ask ourselves why we have…

Benjamin Franklin once said, “If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.” Benjamin Franklin portrays what the world will be like if books get censored. Censorship is the act or process of removing or suppressing materials that are considered to be morally, politically, or otherwise objectionable. The Fair Lawn Board of Education is evaluating the current selection of the things read in the eighth-grade…