INTERNET CENSORSHIP

FOR AGAINST

Internet Censorship in Australia

FOR AGAINST

PROTECT KIDS FROM PORN, VIOLENCE AND OTHER DANGEROUS INFLUENCES

CLEAN UP THE INTERNET - IT HAS BECOME A GARBAGE TIP

BLOCK ILLEGAL SITES SUCH AS SITES THAT PROMOTE RACISM AND TERRORIST ACTIVITY

IT WILL SLOW DOWN THE INTERNET

IT WILL COST LOTS OF MONEY BUT IT WON’T EVEN WORK BECAUSE THERE ARE WAYS TO BYPASS FILTERS

THE FILTER WILL NOT BE EFFICIENT – LOTS OF LEGAL SITES WILL BE BLOCKED ACCIDENTALLY

FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS A HUMAN RIGHT

Internet Censorship in Australia

What do we mean by censor?

censor - ban: forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

censor - someone who censures or condemns

censor - subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"

The situation in China…

Strictest censorship in the world

At least 18, 000 websites are blocked. These include wikipedia, Youtube

Facebook, flicker. China have their own version of Google – www.google.cn

Certain search engine TERMs are blocked There are people in gaol for their anti-government

online activities People are paid to make pro-Government

comments on blogs

The situation in China…

In December 2009, the Gmail accounts of known human rights activists were hacked.

It is thought the hackers were Govt. officials

Google is reviewing operations in China.They do not wish to continue censoring

Google searches in China.

“It is the not function of government to keep the citizen from falling into error…

What do you think? Discuss this quote with your group

…it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error.”

Robert H Jackson. Former US Judge

Your individual research task…

Choose one point (FOR or AGAINST Internet censorship) to research. Find some evidence to back it up.

Evidence can include more facts, details, examples, statistics, a comment from an expert or stake holder.

WRITE IT DOWN including details of where you found the info.

Task 2: Interview a classmate

Write at least 3 questions about this issueMake sure the questions are open questions.

For example:Open: What is your view on Internet

censorship?Closed: Do you think the internet should be

censored? Now, interview a classmate. Record your

interview using Photobooth or a video camera

bibliography

BBC news (2010), ‘Google may pull out of China..’ [Internet] BBC news. Available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8455712.stm. Accessed 3.3.2010

Wikipedia (2010), ‘Censorship in china’, [Internet]Wikipedia, Available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_china, Accessed 3.3.2010

Electronic Frontiers Australia, (1995) ‘Internet censorship in Australia’ [Internet] EFA, Available at www.efa.org.au

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