Internet censorship
Internet censorshipSpeech II Outline
Intro: Censorship is when a third party makes decisions about what can be communicated between two people; even if the two agree that the censorship is okay, it is still censorship. Although the Internet was created in the 1960s as a communications tool of the U.S. military that would withstand even the most severe nuclear war and still be operable, it was not until after the government opened it up to public use in the late 1980s that the Internet became a unique communications phenomenon. Nobody could predict the speed by which people all over the world latched on to this new form of technological communication. A wealth of information is readily available to those who possess the technological means to access and to contribute to it. However, this availability has some individuals and governments worried. Enter the ominous presence of the Internet censor.
I. "The Good Internet"
A. Information
1. The internet provides a nonstop flow of information on basically anything and everything imaginable. This can be used for anything from cooking dinner to finding out the latest movie showtimes.
2. Being such a good source of reaching people, the internet can change the way society works. It is an entire new way of communication. A small phone wire or data cable from a network can transmit data that is then interpreted by us, the user, as communication, interaction. By using the internet we are not only looking up information, we are also communicating to the world via electronic impulses.
B. Commercial
1. The internet is a way of providing businesses with a new way to commercialize their items and after all, it's our first amendment right.
2. The new form of information allows for thousands of new jobs to be created, which can provide services for the public, saving the government and people money.
II. "The Bad Internet"
A. Pornography
1. The number one most searched word on the internet is sex. The internet, with its supreme availability and ease of communication, supports a plethora of unsanitary material, namely pornography. Pornography is destructive to today's society and is harmful to children. It is nearly impossible to block a child or an uninterested bystander from coming across some type of improper display of the human body.
2. Many illegal forms of pornography exist on the internet. Pornography, when viewed by mature adults cannot be discriminated against, yet it is very destructive...
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