Is There Any Point of Trying To Censor The Internet Anymore?
Censorship has always been a subject for debate. It forms have grown over time from its beginnings to a protester on the street, to newspapers, from the start of film, the rise of television, and the worldwide phenomena of the internet. In whatever century you look back at, the people in charge assumed the power of telling people what they should and shouldn’t look at, read, and in general what knowledge they should be privy too. Even though it sounds like a conspiracy theory, it is true. Corporations own the media outlets we get our news from, so anything that is against the company’s interest may not make it to your evening news.
China has been back in the news lately for their censorship issues they are having with Google. Mainly Google doesn’t want to deal with it anymore, especially after they got hacked by forces within China. The Chinese government is known for greatly censoring what information its citizens are allowed to view. Google would probably hate to break business ties with such a large consumer market, but it looks like they may have reached that point.
Also popping up in the news with an Internet censorship plan is Australia. If this plan goes through, the Australian government will be allowed to ban whatever websites and content they like without explanation.
Again we see more example of over parenting by government forces. It always starts out with lines such, as it is to protect the children or to preserve common decency. But the end result is the government using that as an excuse to hide whatever they want from the people.
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