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Arguments Against Internet Censorship

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"Without order, there is a chaos. But to what extent of that order is needed, especially when regarding the internet? In regards to this, people want a safe environment that will protect their rights and make sure that they are treated equally and fair, but they also want to have the guarantee that they will have access to information without censorship and the right to free speech. So while the people want the government to protect them, they also want them to have a laissez-faire approach - a very fine line in between. In such a lawless environment, there needs to be laws but only to the extent that it has not become a tyranny: censoring somethings and promoting others. The U.S government - in all levels, from federal to local - should keep …show more content…

Some argue that it since the making and approval of net neutrality, evidence proves that “companies have reduced their investment in broadband deployment and innovation” which is detrimental to progression (Ceidotorg). While others argue that now, with those regulations repealed, it favors larger companies and it allows them to manipulate their customers data that can “interfere with the data flow by slowing down or blocking traffic and communicators that they don't like, and speeding up traffic they do like or that pays them extra for the privilege.” And there have been instances before where companies have done such things, like “AT&T's jamming of a rock star's political protest, Comcast's throttling of online file-sharing through BitTorrent, Verizon Wireless's censorship of NARAL Pro-Choice America, and Telus' blocking of striking workers' website” to name a few (What Is Net Neutrality). While net neutrality can limit competition, it allows users on the internet to feel secure in the knowledge that there is no bias or censoring or unfair speed network; everyone is treated the same with no underhand manipulation to limit what a company thinks is not

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Net-neutrality is the principle that providers of Internet services enable access to all contents with no prejudice or discrimination against sites or products regardless of the source. In December, the U.S. government repealed the national regulations that prevented “Internet Service Providers from blocking legal content, throttling traffic or prioritizing content on their broadband networks” in favor of a “looser set of requirements that ISPs disclose any blocking or prioritization of their own content.” In summary, the government has decided to change net-neutrality and make it easier to profit from. The government’s want, and subsequent success, to change the strict guidelines by which net-neutrality operated with is supported by the Chairman

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"Net Neutrality: What_Ñés the Big Deal? Since 2015, the Federal Communications Commission_Ñés (FCC) net neutrality bill has been requiring all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to have equal internet speed, accessibility, service and content availability. Its purpose was to diminish competition between networks as well as provide users with an equally reliable spectrum of websites and resources regardless of the network it is on. The rules that were protected by net neutrality disabled networks from blocking lawful content, slowing the transmission of data, and from creating slow and fast lanes with the basis of who paid more.

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The internet is a big part of most people's’ lives and they want to be able to use it fast and reliably. Net neutrality, the principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or website, is what allows people to do this. It keeps companies from slowing down their competition and raising their prices. Now, net neutrality has been repealed, which means that internet service providers and other companies can slow down their competition and raise their prices. For some people this is not a problem but for people who do not have as much money, it can mean that they won't be able to afford these things.

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Should Net Neutrality be repealed? (Companies perspectives) Net neutrality is the way of thinking that Internet service providers must treat all data on the Internet the same, and not discriminate or charge differently by user, content, website, flat supporting surface, application, type of attached equipment, or method of communication. About 74.5 percent of the U.S. population accessed the internet as of 2015. Making the internet not open to everyone can change the USA.

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"To define the government's role in internet content, we must first understand our constitution and what it allows. Right in the Bill of Rights, the 1st Amendment, free speech. To this country, there is nothing more important than that right. Without it, we wouldn’t be the country we are today. In wake of all of the negativity surrounding free speech, no one quite realizes what the bigger picture it about it.

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"The government should have control over the internet based on a middle ground that can be formed. Censorship can be harmful to the right that we have to equal access of knowledge. We as a people need to teach kids about the internet. The internet can never be a complete utopia free of evil. We can combat it the best we can, and we can learn how to handle it.

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Many high quality network companies are affected by the problem of Net Neutrality. Companies like verizon, AT&T, and CenturyLink, are all affected by the net neutrality. This is going to be the caause into a major war between companies and the government. Many people are going to be very irritated and not use internet at all. By people having to pay for other things off of their high quality network companies.

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Net Neutrality Since the creation of the internet, principles of net neutrality has been set. In 2003, Tim Wu originally coined the term “Network Neutrality” to describe the concept that internet service providers should treat all data on the Internet the same and not block, speed up or slow down traffic based on paid prioritization or other preferences (Wu 1). In 2015, under President Barack Obama, the strongest net neutrality rules as of yet, in which the FCC voted in favor for net neutrality and their decision to keep the internet free and open (Finley 2018). However, since President Trump’s rise to power, he appointed Ajit Pai to become the chairman of the FCC to break net neutrality.

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There is an ongoing debate over the use of internet censorship, an electronic barrier to control access, publication, and use of the internet. The internet is censored by one of 3 methods: by the internet service provider, the hosting company, or websites. When using censorship by the ISP, your service provider will use data surveillance and access blocking, but when censoring via the hosting company or websites, the content is removed or your service is denied. All of these sources are catalyzed by the government and its regulations.

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Censorship is a prevalent issue in present times and history. With the new technology and the World Wide Web, the internet is already subject to censorship. There is a part of the web, however, which has the opportunity to provide a space free from governmental persecution and submission. The public should have the option to explore the internet anonymously without the fear of net censorship

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“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon." (Bradbury 58) Censorship is the act of suppressing speech, works of literature, music, movies, work of arts, and ideas that are thought to be politically incorrect, offensive, and threatening to society. The current idea of censorship began in Western Europe briefly after the invention of the printing press in the late 1400s, but the term ‘censor’ existed long before in the offices of censor in Rome in 443 BC while the first censorship law was established in China in 300 AD.

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" More Government Involvement in Internet Means Less Freedom for Americans The internet has been around for twenty-six years. One controversial issue has been the duty of the government to monitor this fast-growing cyberspace. Three main concerns of governmental control of the internet are social media, network providers, and cyberbullying texts. The main protection against the government_Ñés regulations of the internet is the First Amendment of the United States Constitution: _ÑÒCongress shall make no law_Ñ_ abridging the freedom of speech._Ñù

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A free internet is not one that is unregulated nor is one that is strictly regulated. There exists an elusive measure existing the spectrum that must be fulfilled without tainting the uniqueness of the internet. Two key features of a free internet, net neutrality and online freedom of speech, must be maintained throughout. The internet, as it is now, has paved a new path for communication in the modern era.

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A bit of both? Well, it’s not your fault because that’s exactly what half the world’s human population is coping with right now. For starters, Censorship is that omnipresent power which restricts contents on a webpage for being harmful, objectionable, obscene, ethnically provoking or unlawful by keeping a track of your account activity, your posts, your comments, uploads and pictures. Censorship works on many levels.

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