..."If the government starts monitoring the internet in an extreme fashion, we will lose our freedom. Many lesser countries censor the internet, they censor the freedom of the people in a way that is biased towards the falsities. The duty of monitoring internet content can not be a job of the US government. If this is the supposed duty of the government, to monitor content, it would be easy for the government to start showing only good content to the people. The Republic of North Korea monitors internet content. The poor people living in North Korea are only able to see lies. They are brainwashed from the censored internet content. The censorship due to monitoring will be a censorship that hides the truth. If the government decides that it is their supreme duty to monitor the content that we are currently able to see online, we will not be able to see the same content. We the people should be able to see all content that is accessible, otherwise we will be restricted our utmost freedom....
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...from the government from intervening into our private lives. The government should only monitor the people and sites that need to be watched, leave the majority of the people on the internet alone. People should be able to have the privacy they deserve and not feel they are being watched by anybody. In the United States people have birth rights and can not be strippted by any person, and they are stripted people have the right to revolt. The fourth amendment protects us the government intervening in our private lives or property without a warrant to legally search that property. Our government should not be able to just watch what we search on the internet, we have rights. The internet even though it is public domain our government should not have the...
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...I think that the government shouldn't have to monitor the internet unless there's an on going investigation that involves internet traffic. Meaning drug deals, selling illegal things, selling people, and pretty much anything and like that. Not only should the internet not be monitored but the government shouldn't expel net neutrality. The vote on it was yesterday, December 14th, 2017. If net neutrality is gone, the government and every other company that owns an internet browser can control everything. From the speed of videos to the content you see. It's like a giant parental control. Keeping net neutrality will allow for all people to access the internet and it's great information. If it's gone, think of all the payments you'll have to pay....
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...shall not be searched without a warrant or probable cause. In today’s day and age, we use the Internet daily and it is embedded into our daily lives, even so much that when we first wake up we go to check our phones. With new technological innovations, the Internet is expanding more and more every day, but with these new expansions, how can we be sure that our privacy is protected as well? The U.S government currently monitors our internet usage to protect the citizens of the United States, however, I believe that state and local governments should not be allowed to monitor people unless there is a dire circumstance....
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...Student’s Name University Affiliation Governments should be allowed to monitor and/or censor the Internet use of citizens Introduction Internet censorship is the restriction of the content that can be accessed, published, or viewed through the internet. In any country, the government has a vital role and responsibility in the enhancement of information and technology. It is the right of everyone to have freedom of opinion and expression. Every person has freedom to hold their own opinions without hindrance and to seek, get and pass information and opinions via any media channels. However, in many countries this important human right is usually curtailed through various ways which include censorship, laws that restrict the press, molestation of journalists and other people who articulate their views and opinions. It is also important any government to monitor and control the information which can be accessed by its citizens without infringing the fundamental right to information and opinions. Failure to censor the internet can cause extreme harm to the citizens or even the government (Constance, Theo & Ina, n.d.). Firstly, if the content that can be accessed or published in the internet is not filtered malicious people can spread information that can jeopardize the security of a country. Many countries argue that lack of internet censorship could lead to spread of secret information that is necessary for protecting the country. Internet censorship will help in protecting a country’s...
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...most, well known Amendment. The freedom of speech, petition, religion, press, and assembly is important to all Americans. However, the government feels that they hold power to monitor content on the internet, on a federal, state, and local level. This has become a recent controversy with Net Neutrality being in danger of being removed, the growing social media industry, and internet filters that are being put in place by school districts. There are implied powers involved in the Constitution, but with the creation of Net Neutrality, there should be no need for the use of any implied powers. A line that has been drawn, and no level of government should cross that line unless there is someone who is truly suspect as to being a threat to the safety of the citizens of the United States....
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...The United Sates government does not have the right to completely monitor internet content. However, they do have some rights regarding monitoring internet content. These rights include, but are not limited to: freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom of the press. Lincoln.edu claims "'Congress shall make no law....abridging (limiting) the freedom of speech, or of the press...' Freedom of speech is the liberty to speak openly without fear of government restraint. It is closely linked to freedom of the press because this freedom includes both the right to speak and the right to be heard. In the United States, both the freedom of speech and freedom of press are commonly called freedom of expression" (lincoln.edu) The government has the right to...
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..."Thousands of schools all over the country monitor their students’ social media accounts and internet activity while using school issued computers and other technology. Some of these schools over step their boundaries, but many do not. This, in turn helps stop cyberbullying, helps prevent student suicides, and helps make sure students do not view explicit content. Schools should be allowed to monitor their students’ social media and internet activity while using school issued computers, but should not be allowed to over step their boundaries. Schools that block or filter their internet are simply following the law. Many laws presented to Congress are meant to protect underage youth from viewing explicit content while using school technologies....
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..."The discussion of what the role of the government should play in regulating internet content has been occurring for some time, but now strikes the interest of the younger generation. Should the government be able to monitor calls, technology that uses voice commands- such as Amazon Alexa, and social media? Are the rights of the American people protected in the constitution against all of this? With improving technology there are now more opportunities for a conflict over this matter to occur. The issue of internet content being regulated is a concern due to our first amendment rights. Some suggest that schools should monitor their students social media accounts to prevent cyber bullying. But the school should not regulate what these students choose to tweet, post, or put on the internet. It is left up to the students to decide what they think is the right or wrong choice. Cyber bullying is by no means correct, but if a school starts keeping tabs on their students without notice another issue arises. The students no longer have the trust of their supervisors, may feel uncomfortable with them seeing their posts,...
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...information should be used. For some, they will give out their information wherever it is requested. Others are paranoid about their info and only use it where absolutely necessary. There is a wide variety to the way information is used on the internet compared to how a resource such as a utility company would use it. A site could be as simple as requesting your email address to keep you up to date with their newsletter. Websites for retail companies ask for your address in order to ship a product. Online college applications may collect everything from your social security number to health records. All of these methods of gathering information have a common medium: The Internet. All the information that you enter travels from your device, to your Internet Service Provider (ISP), to the destination. This is where concern begins to show as people worry that someone with malicious intents lies between any of those points. However protocols like Transport Layer Security (TLS) are there to show that the...
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...topics was given to the operators by the Government and wanted operators to block them. All providers in china had to provide the customer’s account numbers, phone numbers and IP addresses to the Government The providers were asked to track the websites the users accessed under the policy of Public Pledge of Self –regulation and Professional ethics. Internet cafes were asked to install software that blocked sensitive content and the patrons who visited these sites had to present their identification under their real name. Chinese Government launched a$800 million surveillance system called Golden Shield for monitoring Civilian use of internet 35000 internet police jobs were created to monitor and censor websites in China. Two cartoon police officers JingJang and ChaCha appeared on the screens to remind users to refrain from accessing sensitive information. The information about the dissidents were collected and prosecuted. Economic China does not have a full bloomed media like in US Average age of internet users is about 25 Users in China use search engines to search for songs and entertainment There is a gap on Internet connectivity in Urban and rural areas (Chiou, 2009) Social In China, Web access and usage is not distributed demographically and geographically. In 2005, 60% of internet users were male and 40% were female Most users were young with 18-24 age group Internet users were the well-educated group. Most of internet usage was concentrated around cities...
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..."The government has the duty to monitor internet content to the extent of our nation’s safety. If what is being posted or uploaded on the internet is not harmful to our nation’s security and safety and isn’t against the laws established in our country, it shouldn’t be filtered or censored. Net neutrality, according to the ACLU, is being taken away by the Trump FCC, our government. This I believe would give the government too much power over something that was supposed to be free for the people to access, within the laws of our country. Without net neutrality, big business would have the ability to control our access to certain websites and information based on how they felt about the topic. The government in turn would be able to control those businesses and that is too much control over something that was invented for the free-sharing of information across a broad scale....
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...1. Summarize the benefits of using automated software tools to manage staff access to Internet content and e-mail. (10 marks) In today’s information age, using Internet at the workplace is essential for business. Having said this, statistics show that a majority of employees use the organisational resources for doing personal work such as social networking, email, online shopping, etc. Also a number of employees engage in activities that might cause problems for the organisation financially and legally. As a result more and more organisations have opted for automated software tools to manage staff access to Internet and e-mail. The advantages of such software tools are many, some of which have been outlined below. The use of automated software enables the management to keep a watchful eye on the employee activities, which would affect the productivity at work if the staffs indulge in personal activities online. It is important to emphasise that the manager or team leader cannot always observe his/her staffs and these software enables to record the activities of the employees at any time. Hence the management will be able to maximise productivity by managing employees’ web browsing habits. Unmanaged Internet access allows employees to download or share illegal or copyrighted content from peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. Also employees can take part in other activities such as downloading and viewing pornography, which might be illegal in some countries. All this means that...
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...CIPA: Internet Filtering in Schools and Libraries Minors are being exposed to more adult content today due to the Internet. The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was created to prevent children from accessing obscene or harmful content in schools and libraries. Yet there are groups that want to abolish the law because they feel it violates their first amendment rights of freedom of speech. CIPA is trying to protect children from viewing content not intended for them just like an R rated movie is not for children under seventeen years of age. Internet filters are needed in schools and libraries to keep minors from accessing sexually explicit, violent or otherwise adult in nature content. CIPA ("Federal Communications Commission: Children’s Internet Protection Act," 2014) was first passed into law in December of 2000. Schools and libraries that received federal E-Rate funding and discounts must certify that they have internet filtering to prevent minors from viewing obscene or harmful content. “Schools subject to CIPA have two additional certification requirements: 1) their Internet safety policies must include monitoring the online activities of minors; and 2) as required by the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act, they must provide for educating minors about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms, and cyberbullying awareness and response.”("Federal Communications Commission...
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..."The free internet is used every day and is the most popular form of communication, marketing, and business. Apps and websites such as Instagram, Google, and online banking, are all controlled by the producers and or companies of each single application. Abusing these types of businesses can result in consequences, and abusing them in ways that break the law should concern the government and its power to monitor the sources. For example, posting inappropriate media or sending hostile comments are able to be dealt with within the Instagram company. In these scenarios, social media sites offer a “report†option, allowing users to report content they feel shouldn’t be on the site. In cases where media that breaks the law of harassment like posting a video of a minor using an illegal drug or a video of a robbery, can be taken over by the government and taken into further steps than just “report.†The government should have the power to take things involving the government into their hands, keeping the internet safe....
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