Sunday, November 3, 2013
Censorship
In chapter 3 of "The New Digital Age", it is discussed how different countries censor their internet or even filter certain websites. I find that important because there are certain videos and websites that should not be able to be accessed because of it's content. For example there was this video put on the internet of this man chopping off his girl friends head with a hunting knife. People say they posted the video because it was the fastest beheading in the world. Of course this occurred in another country, but I don't think that's something that should've been able to be accessed in America. I believe people watched the video out of curiosity on if it was real or not, but that's not something that should've even been able to be accessed in the first place. Long story short, the government removed it from YouTube almost immediately after it was posted. That was censorship at it's finest.
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I agree that things like that should not be accessable. No one needs to see that. Censorship is good when it comes to stuff like this.
ReplyDeleteI agree that videos like that should not even exist because of their horrible content. However, I do not support censorship on the internet and it really isn't a realistic concept. There are almost infinite videos like you described on the internet and getting rid of them all is not even feasible.
ReplyDeleteI do think that censoring things like that should be done. The only problem with censoring is that a line has to be drawn on what can be censored and what can't be censored. This is where the real problem comes into play.
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