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  • Essay / Internet Censorship: User Regulation

    Most people today live online, absorbed in a digital world. When the World Wide Web first submerged and projected its perplexing essence onto wide-eyed onlookers, people could only unknowingly predict where the doors of the Internet would take them from that point on , welcoming them with open arms to a modernized world and introducing them to a new life of advanced technological opportunities. Many years have passed since the birth of our cyber world, and authorities around the world are now struggling to enforce ill-considered laws while having divergent views on how to approach increased access to information. information and online interaction. Some governments believe that the flow of technological information should be regulated by their involvement up to the censorship of the Internet by restricting various forms of online content and distribution of information, as there are now concerns about trade, security online and copyright laws. The World Wide Web came without laws, so why should we submit to a government whose goal is to revoke our online freedom as it sees fit? Our digital world is the way of the future and we have the right to support this movement. The government should not impose its “moral duty” on us and impose absurd new laws to restrict our rights as Canadians; Internet censorship should not be enforced. Regarding, there is currently "Internet filtering in 25 countries blocking content (Wikipedia 2013)" in almost all categories. Despite occasional mention of foreign censorship, the media fails to reveal how critical global Internet censorship is becoming. A trade agreement known as the TPP exists and is managed by the United States. Members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership include 11 other countries and its neighbor...... middle of paper ...... can be easily reported and we are able to choose which websites we visit. Children should always be strictly supervised by an adult and not left to their own devices online. We don't need a government that takes down websites to appease the general public, because there are plenty of tools we can download to filter out content that we as an individual deem inappropriate. In conclusion, governments are realistically poised to tear down our social structures, sabotage future innovation, and threaten our freedom. If we allow this to happen, we will not move forward as a modern nation. Those who value freedom must act to protect our rights and privacy, otherwise we will be monitored and censored. As Canadians, we must examine the situation and fight against this issue. Censorship has no place in Canada and would violate a fundamental principle of our country.