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This is the first 1,000 characters of 506 words (2.02 pages) in the essay titled Filtering the Net Over the last several years many attempts have been made to put a limit on what can be viewed on the Internet. In 1996, it was the Communications Decency Act and in 1999 the Child Online Protection Act. Both were shot down because they were said to violate the first amendment right to free speech. Should the government have the right to limit what children view on the Internet? The government does this in places like schools and libraries.Filtering the Internet has become commonplace in most schools and libraries. Internet filters are software that puts restrictions on what can be viewed by using a vocabulary list. If a word on a website is in this list than the filter kicks in and the site cannot be seen. This has caught the eye of many different groups of people, such as the Family Research Council. This is what the Family Research Council has to say about Internet filters “software that filters out objectionable Internet content will save public libraries from becoming sex havens where children and adults routinely go for pornography”. Then there are groups with totally opposite views, such as the Gay and Lesbian Alliance against Defamation. When asked about Internet filters they said “filters are imperfect and can harm children by creating a false sense of security and censoring some important information”. The alliance just feels that if you deny children access to certain things, it will hurt them in the long run. Some teachers in New York City are al... |
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