The internet censorship
Internet censorship is the general control over the free flow of information from people to the internet by regulation bodies. The regulatory bodies such as organizations or individual groups may decide to censor information flowing over the internet due to some factors. These factors may include fear of going against the societal norms, moral decay, to protect their business and, even the fear of the general consequences of breaking the laws that govern a given society.
Use of internet censorship
The use of internet censorship varies from country to country, depending on every citizen’s democratic rights. Some democratic countries initiate very moderate internet censorship. Other countries prefer to completely prohibit the public against the free flow of information to the internet, especially when the country is anticipating some special events. The events such as elections can cause chaos to erupt within the state. The government initiates internet censorship to prevent sensitive information from reaching the public through the internet. This sensitive information can be inciting to the public hence resulting in more chaos. Internet censorship can also be used in times of protests and riots in the country. The internet is censored to prevent different groups of people from regrouping to protest against certain events in a given society. The North Africa Arab protests and riots resulted in the removal of leaders. The internet censorship is used to prevent the defamations: this is the damaging information peddled against an individual. Internet censorship is also used to avoid obscene material from reaching the public. The materials that include pornographic can get the children under age, causing moral decay and massive erosion of the societal norms. Internet censorship is initiated so that children under age do not access such obscene material from the internet. Internet censorship can prevent harassment against an individual, especially if the information disseminated on the internet goes against human rights, such as sexual harassment and freedom of every citizen in a particular country. Internet censorship is used when the copyrights are abused. The information taken directly from another person’s work is pulled down from the internet; this is to encourage creativity, innovation, and originality from different people.