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Monday 17 December 2012

Can we and should we regulate and censor the internet?

A range of debates this week about whether organisations CAN or SHOULD regulate what we can access on the internet.

First of all Google set up a new filter that supposedly made it harder for people ti find pornographic images in the US.  But people have said it still isn't good enough.  And lots of people have complained!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2247730/Google-failing-stop-easy-access-porn-despite-tweaking-search-results-US-hide-indecent-images.html 


There is an interesting article here about what some countries do already to block or regulate the internet.  They had a bit meeting this week where lots of countries discussed whether the internet should be controlled or not, and if so, who should do it.  But out of the 80 odd countries there, 55 voted against it.  Why do you think they might have done that?  It might be useful for you to make a two lists.  One of examples of why the internet SHOULD be regulated (eg people can slander / libel other people on it etc and give an example) and one of why the internet should NOT be regulated (eg people have used the internet to break important political stories that might not otherwise have been heard - give examples)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2248217/U-S-UK-refuse-sign-treaty-lead-greater-government-control-cyberspace.html


Another interesting article here about how many young people are accessing pornography on their phones etc.  Do you think it damaged young people's perceptions of relationships, and gender?  Should the access to pornography be controlled and if so, how?  There are some ideas on this article.  Originally the government said they WOULD NOT automatically block pornography....
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2248839/As-David-Cameron-rejects-automatic-blocks-online-porn-Deputy-Labour-Leader-Harriet-Harman-bitterly-attacks-latest-broken-promise.html

....But now they have been talking some more about it and said they WILL block it!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2250809/Victory-Mail-Children-WILL-protected-online-porn-Cameron-orders-sites-blocked-automatically.html

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