Internet and You
Whenever a new kind of information technology is born, there is always been somebody on hand to try to censor it. Because the Internet is new and wide open, it has become the current central target for politicians over issues of censorship. When our country was born, the first public document over which patriots shed their blood declared the need for our "liberty," our freedom in our new nation. Later, when our founding fathers decided to specify certain rights in our new Constitution, they gave the very top priority to the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights - the idea of freedom of expression. Those among us who would let senators and preachers decide how much freedom we should have will continue to try to restrict such freedom of expression. John, a 13 year old bright kid from a religious Christian family was caught 'red handed' by his teacher Mrs. Presly viewing adult websites on the internet in the lunch break on one of the lab computers of his school. What should be done to stop the kids from accessing the obscure materials that are freely available on the Internet? Efforts have been continuously made by senators to introduce new technology which involves blocking certain websites; this is know
Goyal, Praveen. "Congress Fumbles With The Internet." Harvard Journal of Law & In Virginia's Congress, Rep. Robert G. Marshall recently introduced a bill that would require minors accessing unfiltered Internet workstations in public libraries to be accompanied by a parent or another "responsible adult". The bill also stipulates that public libraries must keep unfiltered computers out of areas which juveniles are permitted to use unaccompanied by adults. The bill also suggests that a limited access be provided to children's-area machines' offering resources and sites materials harmful to juveniles, which includes child pornography, and violence and stop patrons from accessing objectionable sites in any library area. Staffers who promptly report violations to authorities are assured of immunity from prosecution (American Libraries 17). Filtering devices are currently being touted as a solution to control pornography on the Internet without expressly censoring it. What many consumers don't realize, however, is that these devices screen more than hard-core sex on Web sites. Some other restricted topics include 'alternative lifestyles,' such as gay and lesbian lifestyles, and birth control services (American Journalism Review 56). Public Policy Spring 1998, v21 n2: 637 To deny our children that freedom is to deny them the ability to learn how to participate in self-governance. To prevent or "protect" them from discovering even the most evil expressions in our society is to cripple their powers of discrimination, their ability to criticize, their crucial need to find, see, and know good and bad, so as to be able to choose between them. We cannot really prot
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