INTERNET:

Internet - international network of interconnected computers-linked via satellites, fiber optics, and other means of telecommunications.

Censorship - to make deletions @ changes on grounds of obscenity, threat to security…etc…

(The Oxford Dictionary of Current English 1996)

Part (A)

PRO

CON

  • Grounds of obscenity
  • Certain contents found on the internet collides with
  1. Our culture and heritage
  2. Moral values and eastern temperaments
  3. Religion and beliefs

We have to protect our culture from the invasion of negative culture.

  • Threat to national and international security
  • For political reasons

-Curbing defamation of politicians or any other leaders

  • For economical reasons

-To defame corporate leaders and the sites

  • Safeguard young minds from mental pollution
  • To curb social ills
  • Contents might have adverse influece on children
  • To keep children away from misusing information found on ‘unauthorized’ web-sites.
  • The freedom to access information
  • Screening information or so-called obscenities from people would only make the public more curious. They might act harshly if their freedom to access information, whether benificial or not, is denied.
  • As long as we know to differentiate between truth and lies, we can be sure that we are not influenced by all that we see on the internet.
  • We have the rights to know the grey areas of life.
  • Accessing information for educational purposes
  • A world without borders
  • Open sky policy for information in the new world
  • Expand our knowledge and to familiarize ourselves with the diverse culture that we have
  • Entertainment and for recreational purposes.

Part (B)

  1. Net patrol
  2. Passwords
  3. Programs
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