Summary: The things that get said and broadcast through the internet are always subject to censorship. The FCC first began censoring broadcasting during the days of radio and television. These two mediums were the only way to push information quickly to the public, so the FCC sought to censor the information to ensure that they were being used in the public’s interest. Many arguments for the government regulating the radio spectrum stemmed from the fact that there are a limited number of radio frequencies for use by commercial entities. However, this heavy-handed government regulation in the realm of technology served to slow innovation, and if the laws still existed, many inventions that use radio waves would be illegal. However, as …show more content…
However, this is reliant on the fact that the radio spectrum remains open and available for everybody to use. This means that people need to follow the rules in place regarding bandwidth and power, and the government should be in charge of ensuring that everyone follows these regulations. However, it is necessary to find a balance between government regulations that protect an industry and government regulations that choke the life out of an industry. People need to be protected and allow to use radio freely without government regulations interfering with innovation regarding new technologies with …show more content…
It was necessary for the government to step in to preserve the new technology of radio and ensure that it could be used in best way for the good of the public. However, the government went a bit too far and placed regulations that essentially prevented any innovation using radio technology because all radio broadcasters had to be registered with the federal government. Additionally, the content that could be sent over radio waves was censored in order to prevent undesirable language from being transmitted through the radio. These regulations caused innovation to stall with radio technologies, and it delayed some major technological breakthroughs from occurring. Once the regulations were lifted, innovation began to occur and many of the technologies that we now rely heavily on today were now