Nowadays,
the internet has been gaining its popularity at an amazing rate. The internet
has become an important communicative tool, which brings significant
convenience and efficiency for people. However, the internet also has severe
weakness. Although the internet is comprehensive and the internet is not easy
to limit, many countries are working on the censorship of the Internet. The
issue of internet censorship is a complex and controversial one. As a matter of
fact, the censorship of the internet is a double-edged sword. The censorship
can work in some instances, but in others it can be detrimental to society.
The internet censorship
can be a protection measure. As the internet is open and comprehensive, the
quality and authenticity of internet information is questionable. There are a
lot of undue materials online, such as pornography and violence, which
undoubtedly exerts a negative influence on people especially children
physically and psychologically. Although there are several laws which regulate
the illegal information and illegal activities, the laws are not complete
enough to regulate all the illegal or immoral activities. It is very hard to
charge a person for internet crimes, especially if the person is from a foreign
website. Thus, the illegal activities and undue information are still rampant
on the internet. Thus, internet censorship is needed for internet regulation.
The censorship of internet can cleanse the internet information and protect
people to some extent.
The censorship of
internet can filter the inappropriate information online and protect children
from disturbing websites, such as, child pornography, sexual violence and
detailed instructions in crime or drug use. The undue internet information may
weaken children’s moral consciousness and pollute children’s soul. Thus, the
undue websites can have a severely bad effect on the healthy growth of children
or even cause adolescent crime. However, children are easy to contact undue
internet information. Since parents can not monitor the web pages that children
browse in any time and at any place, the censorship of internet can help the
parents to filter undue websites for children and protect them from the
misguidance and negative influence of internet.
The censorship of
internet can help women. In order to get more click rate and benefits, many
“adult” websites advocate violent sexual abuse of women. Many women suffer from
the hell made by the internet because the internet makes them sold into slavery
through the international sex trade. The censorship of internet can block
access to these websites, regulate or even shut down some of these websites,
and thus reduce the sexual exploitation of women in the internet. Thus, the
censorship of internet can protect women to some degree.
The censorship of
internet can guard people from the disturbing email spam. For many net
citizens, junk email is a troublesome problem. Some junk emails may have
malware, and the malware will be activated when net citizens open the email.
Some junk emails may be phishing schemes that attempt to steal net citizens’
identity and threatens the economic safety and privacy. Some junk emails may be
fraudulent schemes or offensive material. Besides, there are a lot of annoying
unsolicited advertisements. Spam filters can block junk emails for net citizens
and make their internet life more safe and simple.
The censorship of
internet can protect the privacy life of people. Besides, there are some net
citizens or websites that make a malafide use of internet to diffuse others
privacy, like other’s private video, private pictures and so on. The censorship
of internet can prevent these duly. Thus, sometimes, in order to protect the
privacy of people, the censorship of internet is necessary.
The censorship of
internet can protect people’s economic interest. Some internet information can
threaten people’s economic interest. Internet banking frauds happens
frequently. The censorship of internet can filter a great deal of fraudulent
information in the internet and enhance the supervision and control of internet
banking. Due to internet censorship, a great number of financial frauds,
phishing, identity thefts, credits card thefts and many other illegal
activities are prevented. Therefore, the economic loss of internet users are
reduced or avoided.
The censorship of
internet can decrease internet violence and protect people’s personal security.
In India or even the whole world, internet bullying and violence has become a
serious issue. There are many suicide cases caused by internet bullying. The
internet users are anonymous and the information spread fast on the internet.
Some users take advantages of internet to carry on internet violence. The users
may slander, abuse others and expose others’ privacy, which will bring about
great harm to the victims. Some websites make use of internet illegally, which
will give rise to baneful influence and threaten people’s life security.
Internet murders happen. Through social networking sites, internet users
deceive and murder other users. There are some suicide websites that abet
suicide, communicate suicide knowledge and provide suicide methods. The
occurrence of all these incidents and similar incidents make the internet
censorship necessary. Internet censorship can prevent unjustified defamation,
limit internet violence and protect people’s life security.
The censorship of
internet can help to protect social stability and national safety. Since the
internet censorship can help to curb the large number of illegal activities and
internet crimes, it is good to the stability of society.
