Should the Internet be censored? The Internet has become a growing source of entertainment and communication. Statistics predicts, “3.2 billion people will be online,” by the end of this year, “[t]he population currently stands at 7.2 billion” (International Telecommunication Union). As the Internet’s familiarity among the population increases, the capacity of its contents is growing rapidly at an increasing rate. Why? Because in some countries there are little or no restrictions to what can
Censorship is a global phenomenon. In recent times, there has been repeated news of something getting banned somewhere in the world for reasons that seem unreasonable to many while a necessity to the rest. In India, specially, censorship exists in media industry. Each country and each culture censor the media in one way or the other. Government across the globe have used several religious arguments to support censorship. Offensive communication in the eyes of the government varies from religion
INTRODUCTION The internet has help to increase the flow of information between parties or person. The internet has served as a more reasonable platform for information dissemination and interaction. As a result of the internet people can now learn far more than they could before and they could learn it faster and easier. Looking for general information depends on your scope and horizon, the internet has help tremendously with information accessibility at our fingertip. The internet has also created
“Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real, and I can’t vent any anger against them, I only feel this appalling sadness. Somewhere, in their upbringing, they were shielded against the total facts of our existence. They were only taught to look one way when many ways exist” (Flood). Censorship is the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, that are considered
“Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real, and I can’t vent any anger against them, I only feel this appalling sadness. Somewhere, in their upbringing, they were shielded against the total facts of our existence. They were only taught to look one way when many ways exist” (Flood). Censorship is the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, that are considered
groups and form a well researched, knowledgeable opinion. In today’s world, Freedom of Speech doesn’t suffer from lack of censorship, but from lack of Self Censorship. Current trends have displayed that it is believed that every opinion on every issue deserves to be expressed. In most cases, this is not true. This is a classic demonstration of lack of self censorship. Self censorship is mandatory as one may not have complete knowledge of the concerned topic and may wind up making ignorant, hateful and
and officials, without which his work would have been ineffective. This property is freedom of speech still regarded even by some authoritarian regimes, which leave small and safe for its stability, "the islets of freedom" (for example, devoid of censorship limited the newspaper) to have an objective view of what is really going on in the region and beyond. More broadly, this freedom is considered one of the most important conditions for finding and establishing the truth. As wrote J. Mill, "particular
delay in democratization. China introduced a market reform in 1978 which reached an economic growth of about 10% annually that resulted in taking about half of its massive 1.3 billion population out of poverty (Bajpai,2016). Its obvious that the importance put on economic growth resulting in this economic boom is attributed to Chinas market reform. China is renowned and known all over the world for its economic development and it is this economic development that is probably the single most important
general term that describes the appropriate modes of behavior for all branches of modern means of communication should try to adhere. The branches of the media trying to live up to the ethical standards include television, print communications, and the Internet. There are different situations depending on the branch of the media concerned, made more complicated by the increased technology emissions. Many of the complications in media ethics arise from the conflict of ethical standards and the desire of
those who claim their rights that does. Though she has suffered a near fatal attack, today she has her own fund for girls’ education, she has spoken in UN for a petition for girls’ education, urging countries to invest in “books, not bullets”. The importance of the war she wages against the violation of rights as she describes in her book, is ‘for all the girls who have faced injustice and been silenced. Today we will be heard.’. Ai Weiwei’s stroke of genius and irony lies in the famous penitentiary